Subject: Re: fortune makefiles incorrect ?
To: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
From: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@netbsd.org>
List: current-users
Date: 09/07/1999 22:24:07
Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org> writes:
> Rev 1.3 explains this a little - I'd argue that it's bogus to install
> the man page for a helper program that we don't install.
> 
> 	revision 1.3
> 	date: 1993/08/03 21:58:55;  author: mycroft;  state: Exp;  lines: +1 -2
> 	Shouldn't use NOMAN here.  We have a man page, even if we don't bother to
> 	install the program anyway.

I strongly agree.  it's, uh, not sensible to install a manual page for
a user to read if there's no command for the user to use...


cgd
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