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authorhubertf <hubertf@pkgsrc.org>1997-12-27 04:13:29 +0000
committerhubertf <hubertf@pkgsrc.org>1997-12-27 04:13:29 +0000
commitfd2711d332911493e2d427457dfb9d44377f997c (patch)
treea346455600513157bb0a732a9cb06cf251751cd5 /Packages.txt
parent45194571e20f1411adfc73c067c39c58ba27f8ab (diff)
downloadpkgsrc-fd2711d332911493e2d427457dfb9d44377f997c.tar.gz
Add note about .gz suffix of manpages in PLIST; requested by
Ty Sarna <tsarna@endicor.com>.
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diff --git a/Packages.txt b/Packages.txt
index 72998fb078f..4beef9126a1 100644
--- a/Packages.txt
+++ b/Packages.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.4 1997/12/26 03:42:33 hubertf Exp $
+# $NetBSD: Packages.txt,v 1.5 1997/12/27 04:13:29 hubertf Exp $
###########################################################################
==========================
@@ -485,12 +485,15 @@ of when dealing with the PLIST file (or files, see below!).
-m" gives.
* Manpage-compression:
- Manpages should be installed in compressed for if MANZ is set (in
+ Manpages should be installed in compressed form if MANZ is set (in
bsd.own.mk), and uncompressed otherwise. To handle this in the PLIST
file, the suffix ".gz" is appended/removed automatically for manpages
according to MANZ and MANCOMPRESSED being set or not, see above for
- details. This modification of the PLIST file is done on a copy of it,
- not pkg/PLIST itself.
+ details. (We don't regard any .gz suffix on manpages set in pkg/PLIST,
+ as many FreeBSD ports seem to have .gz pages in PLIST even when they
+ install manpages without compressing them; rather, we set it on our
+ own here, if needed). This modification of the PLIST file is done on
+ a copy of it, not pkg/PLIST itself.
5.2 MD/MI vs. general PLIST