Re: catman in pkgsrc

["OBATA Akio" <obache%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:52:30 +0900, Joerg Sonnenberger 
<joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 02:19:33PM +0900, OBATA Akio wrote:
> > What is the reason why installation of cat man pages are disabled so 
> > aggressively in pkgsrc?
>
> They often serve no purpose, aren't provided consistently and require
> special tools to prepare.

Following tow point?
* let PLIST handling to be simplify (kill conditional)
* prevent dependency on nroff (or something)

> > Interix's man(1) only display cat man pages, but I cannot find catman
> > (or alternatives) in pkgsrc.
>
> A good part of the logic for writing catman can be found in
> obsolete_catpages() in NetBSD's postinstall. Instead of removing the
> entry, calling "mandoc $mandir/$manpage > $catname" should be good
> enough. A bit more work is needed to remember all cat pages checked and
> to remove remaining ones, but that's left as exercise for the reader :)

I cannot find `mandoc' in pkgsrc.

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