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On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 03:38:24PM -0800, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

> > Modified Files:
> > 	pkgsrc/pkgtools/pkg_install/files/info: pkg_info.cat1
>=20
> Do we need to provide the pre-formatted manual pages?
>=20
> Most other package do not. Or is it just for a convenience for cat'ing (or
> more) manpage before a working man/groff combination is in place?

most (all?) non-free unices do not provide the mdoc macros that we use
in the source man pages, so they are required to get properly formatted
man pages.

the man pages look pretty mangled on Solaris without the preformatted
versions present, for example. :)

grant.


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