Has NO_MANCOMPRESS been silently depreciated?
Hi, For many years I have set NO_MANCOMPRESS (and before that NOMANCOMPRESS) in /etc/make.conf on all my machines. In the last few weeks I have noticed that this setting is being ignored by port updates. Has this setting been silently depreciated? Cheers, Nick. -- ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Has NO_MANCOMPRESS been silently depreciated?
On 2/6/2014 13:54, N.J. Mann wrote: For many years I have set NO_MANCOMPRESS (and before that NOMANCOMPRESS) in /etc/make.conf on all my machines. In the last few weeks I have noticed that this setting is being ignored by port updates. Has this setting been silently depreciated? You have been setting it in make.conf? I don't believe it was ever a user variable. Anyway, yes, it doesn't do anything on staged ports and it was silently removed because it was for port maintainers only, not users. (subject to confirmation by the experts). John ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Has NO_MANCOMPRESS been silently depreciated?
In message 52f388ee.30...@marino.st, John Marino (freebsd.cont...@marino.st) wrote: On 2/6/2014 13:54, N.J. Mann wrote: For many years I have set NO_MANCOMPRESS (and before that NOMANCOMPRESS) in /etc/make.conf on all my machines. In the last few weeks I have noticed that this setting is being ignored by port updates. Has this setting been silently depreciated? You have been setting it in make.conf? Yes. I don't believe it was ever a user variable. It was and still is for the base system - this machine was updated to 8-STABLE r261161 ten days ago and all base manual pages are uncompressed. Anyway, yes, it doesn't do anything on staged ports and it was silently removed because it was for port maintainers only, not users. (subject It _is_ a user, well administrator really, setting. Please unremove it. Cheers, Nick. -- ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Has NO_MANCOMPRESS been silently depreciated?
On 2/6/2014 14:31, N.J. Mann wrote: I don't believe it was ever a user variable. It was and still is for the base system - this machine was updated to 8-STABLE r261161 ten days ago and all base manual pages are uncompressed. okay, that's right. It's a case where ports honored a base variable and probably should have created their own version instead. When all the ports are staged, the man page variables will be unrecognized. Anyway, yes, it doesn't do anything on staged ports and it was silently removed because it was for port maintainers only, not users. (subject It _is_ a user, well administrator really, setting. Please unremove it. Not my call, but I can pretty much guarantee that won't happen. Man pages are automatically handled in stage, and all of them are marked compressed in the internal plist. You are asking for an infrastructure change. We don't even know why it's important (why can't man pages be compressed?) John ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Has NO_MANCOMPRESS been silently depreciated?
In message 52f39326.2040...@marino.st, John Marino (freebsd.cont...@marino.st) wrote: On 2/6/2014 14:31, N.J. Mann wrote: You are asking for an infrastructure change. No I am not. I _am_ asking that something which used to be supported (and was documented), that has silently been removed, be reinstated. Cheers, Nick. -- ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Has NO_MANCOMPRESS been silently depreciated?
On 2/6/14, 9:36 AM, N.J. Mann wrote: In message 52f39326.2040...@marino.st, John Marino (freebsd.cont...@marino.st) wrote: On 2/6/2014 14:31, N.J. Mann wrote: You are asking for an infrastructure change. No I am not. I _am_ asking that something which used to be supported (and was documented), that has silently been removed, be reinstated. The two are not mutually exclusive. So actually, yes you _are_. If you want it back that badly, write the necessary patches and submit them. -- Jim Ohlstein Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference. - Mark Twain ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
