Re: fyi port for graphics/png does not like MANPS=1

2009-05-06 Thread George Koehler
ppruett-lists writes:
 I happened to put in my /etc/mk.conf
 MANPS=1
 ...
 And lol, I got a install error, for the package graphics/png

I would not expect MANPS to work. The problem is probably more than
only one package. 'man 7 ports' says this:

BUGS
 Use of the MANPS and MANZ variables is not supported.

--Kernigh



Re: fyi port for graphics/png does not like MANPS=1

2009-05-06 Thread Theo de Raadt
 ppruett-lists writes:
  I happened to put in my /etc/mk.conf
  MANPS=1
  ...
  And lol, I got a install error, for the package graphics/png
 
 I would not expect MANPS to work. The problem is probably more than
 only one package. 'man 7 ports' says this:
 
 BUGS
  Use of the MANPS and MANZ variables is not supported.

Those variables are for the src tree.

Not everything in OpenBSD is useable by everything.  This is not just
an OpenBSD issue.  All systems of any kind have special features like
that which are not universally useable.