Re: groff & NetBSD & relevance (was Re: Re: Re: Request to reconsider removal of groff from base system)

["Julian H. Stacey" <jhs%berklix.com@localhost>]

I wrote Wed, 08 Apr 2015 23:27:56 +0200
> > (I would not complain if other obnoxious uses of C++, particularly newly
> > added ones that greatly increase build time, left our tree, on the other
> > hand...)
> > 
> > Thor
> 
> Maybe NetBSD might like how FreeBSD does it: 
> 	https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/Makefile.inc1?revision=280992&view=markup
> 	.if ${MK_GROFF} != "no"
> 	
> 	http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=src.conf&apropos=0&sektion=5&manpath=FreeBSD+10.1-RELEASE&arch=default&format=html
> 	SRC.CONF(5)		  FreeBSD File Formats Manual		   SRC.CONF(5)
> 	NAME
> 	     src.conf -- source	build options
> 	DESCRIPTION
> 	     The src.conf file contains	settings that will apply to every build
> 	     involving the FreeBSD source tree;	see build(7).
> 
> I don't see src.conf with
> 	http://netbsd.gw.com/cgi-bin/man-cgi?src.conf+5+NetBSD-current
> 
> & I cant browse NetBSD source with eg
> 	http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/Makefile?rev=1.312&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&only_with_tag=HEAD
> 	http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/~checkout~/src/Makefile.inc?rev=1.4&content-type=text/plain&only_with_tag=MAIN
> 
> So downloading http://ftp7.de.netbsd.org/pub/ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-6.1.5/source/sets/src.tgz

I see src/Makefile.inc has nothing relevant,
& it's not similar to FreeBSD src/Makefile.inc1 that has 
	.if ${MK_GROFF} != "no"
& a load of other MK_*, but NetBSD src/Makefile has similar MKMAN
MKSHARE MKCRYPTO etc, so NetBSD could extend MK usage.

Cheers,
Julian
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Julian Stacey, BSD Linux Unix C Sys Eng Consultant Munich http://berklix.com
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