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Re: [Groff] I added section name to man-pages names


From: Bernd Warken
Subject: Re: [Groff] I added section name to man-pages names
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 16:58:53 +0200

> Gesendet: Samstag, 08. August 2015 um 15:54 Uhr
> Von: "Werner LEMBERG" <address@hidden>
> > The renaming of man-pages such as groff.1.man works, but has
> > bugs.  The newly named man-pages is installed as groff.1.1, which
> > is accepted by man, groffer, make install, make uninstall.
> 
> Uh, oh, there was perhaps a misunderstanding.  Within the groff
> sources, having `groff.1.man', etc., was OK.  However, after
> installation, it *must* be `groff.1', and not `groff.1.1'!
> 
> > This error is therefore not a real bug, but is quite ugly and may
> > hit some external man programs.
> 
> Exactly.  For the time being, please revert the patch and put it into
> a separate branch so that you play around and modify it as needed.  If
> you feel the code is ready, it can be easily merged into master later
> on if there are no objections.

Can someone please revert the patch?  This is not possible within the
short time I have now.
 
> > Unfortunately  I do not have time during the next week or longer.
> 
> One more reason to move it into a separate branch...

Good, but I cannot do that for some time.  Help?
 
> > So I would be very glad, if someone could help and fix this bug,
> > maybe in top-source/Makefile.am.

Please help me for that as well.  Thanx

Bernd Warken



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