HEADS UP: bzip2(1) compression for manpages, Groff and Texinfo do cs

[Ruslan Ermilov]

On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 07:44:11PM -0600, Scott Long wrote:
> Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> >This is just an announcement that I'm going to add bzip2(1)
> >support to man(1) and makewhatis(1) (catman(1) already has
> >it), and then switch the default compression method from
> >gzip(1) to bzip2(1), for manpages, Groff and Texinfo docs.
> >(The latest 4.5 texinfo supports bzip2.)
> >
> >
> >Cheers,
> 
> Ruslan,
> 
> 1) have you consulted portmgr?
> 
Not yet, I will have to see how this impacts ports' manpages.

> 2) what will happen to all of the existing system .gz manpages when one
> builds world?
> 
Nothing, one will have to remove them manually for the first time.
Don't you use "find / -mtime" regularly?  Highly recommended.


Cheers,
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