On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 08:40:39AM +0200, Marc Espie wrote: > On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 08:59:08PM -0400, Kurt Mosiejczuk wrote: > > Had someone at work ask me a question about a port, and they found > > EXTRACT_CMD in the man page and thought that was their answer. Execept > > that is in the OBSOLETE VARIABLES section.
> > Most of the information in the OBSOLETE sections is ancient. I think the > > newest variable listed is PERMIT_PACKAGE_CDROM which is multiple years > > old at this point. > > I'd like to lose that whole section since most of it is many many years > > old and seems more of historical interest rather than practical advice > > at this point. > > ok? > > --Kurt > Could you please check other bsds as well ? > That section is also useful when people grab a port from net/freebsd > with which we share quite a few variables. That sounds like it would be better suited in the ports FAQ in a section about ports from other BSDs, not the man page. --Kurt
