svn commit: r535779 - in head/net/openntpd: . files

[Adam Weinberger]

> On May 21, 2020, at 09:35, Christian Weisgerber <naddy at mips.inka.de> wrote:
> 
> Adam Weinberger:
> 
>>> Author: naddy
>>> Date: Mon May 18 19:36:51 2020
>>> New Revision: 535779
>>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/535779
>>> 
>>> Log:
>>>  Add a note in pkg-message that you need to override the manual search
>>>  path to view the correct ntpd(8) man page.
>> 
>> Is there value to installing the manpage as openntpd.1, or creating
>> that as a symlink?
> 
> Then you have a man page whose name is different from the command it
> describes.  Of course, sbin/ntpd could be renamed to sbin/openntpd.
> But how about ntpd.conf, ntpctl?  This just keeps spiralling.
> 
> I'll note that net/ntp and net/ntpsec conflict even more with base
> ntp.  Should those be renamed as well?
> 
>> It'd work around that underlying problem, and
>> frankly `man openntpd` is the first place I inevitably look for
>> openntpd's manpage.
> 
> When you install security/openssh-portable, do you try "man openssh"?
> net/isc-dhcp44-*?
> 
> How to deal with ports that install components that have name
> conflicts with the base system is a general problem, and there
> doesn't seem to be a good solution.
> 
> I don't like pkg-message either, but bjk@ suggested it.
> https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-doc/2020-May/034062.html
> 
> If it upsets the status quo too much, I'll happily revert it.

It’s not about status quo, and there’s no problem. I had a thought about supporting end-user experience so I shared it with you. You’re the maintainer so it’s all up to you.

# Adam


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