On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 01:28:09PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 06:03:38PM +0300, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > The syntax for declaring manual pages has been changed.
> >
> > The manual pages to be installed can now be listed in a
> > single MAN variable. The old MAN[1-9] syntax is still
> > supported, for backwards compatibility.
> >
> > The plan is to MFC this feature after 4.3 release, and
> > start the deorbit sequence for MAN[1-9] syntax.
> >
> > Developers, please make sure all new Makefiles use the
> > new syntax.
>
> I welcome the changes, but don't think the old version should be
> removed: third party software uses it, and it would not serve any
> purpose to break them.
I'm definitely with Kris on this one; and I know of at least two other
people, who are using the bsd.*.mk files (albeit a little modified),
in their work.
G'luck,
Peter
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