Ingo and Jason, thanks...
On 23/10/2011 11:14 PM, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
Hi Douglas,
Jason McIntyre wrote on Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 03:27:11PM +0100:
On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 01:01:41AM +1100, Douglas Ray wrote:
OpenBSD 4.9 has /usr/share/man/cat* populated, but not
/usr/share/man/man[0-9n] .
What options are there to populate man[0-9n]/ ?
A complete build of kernel and userland seems extreme.
That wouldn't even help you: The 4.9 build system does not
install source manuals.
I am particularly grateful for this warning.
I had not yet started the builds, and my CPUs are not new-ish.
I am also delighted to hear that 5.0 will resume BSD custom.
You need *not* worry about the preformatted versions
becoming outdated: The man(1) utility automatically shows the
newer one if both a source and preformatted version of the same
manual are installed.
(... and has done so since BSD 4.3, I believe [URM 1986];
at least, not documented in 4.2 [URM 1984])
now: populating man/man[]
I see the task is tedious and repetitive: ie, scriptable.
(ta, Ingo, for thinking to include the inverse script)
If I get anywhere useful, might there be any interest in
posting a "manman49.tgz" on ftp.openbsd.org? ... a small
addendum, for those of us bitten by OpenBSD 4.9's little
excursion from BSD habit?
Thanks again,
Douglas Ray
