Just an update to this thread (in case you haven't noticed this yet), OpenSolaris 2008.11 RC2 includes a good amount of man pages. Not all are there yet, but enough that the SVR4 package I suggested might no longer be necessary.
Thanks to whoever made this possible, life's much simpler now ;) Rafael alan mcclellan wrote: > Okay. I see. Will investigate this as an option. Thanks for the inputs. > > -alan > > Rafael Vanoni wrote: >> I was suggesting creating a SVR4 package with the extra man pages that >> the SUNWman IPS package doesn't deliver. The advantage would be to >> allow an easier install/uninstall of these aditional man pages - >> rather than manually installing them. >> >> By extra pages I mean, for instance, man pages for libc(3) routines. >> >> Rafael >> >> >> alan mcclellan wrote: >>> I've had some initial conversations with David Comay about turning >>> the docs consolidation tarball into a package, and could do something >>> similar with the man consolidation tarball. For clarification, >>> what's the use case are you thinking of? Can install the man package >>> via Package Manager now, so want to be sure I understand what you >>> have in mind and why you'd want the tarball in package format. >>> -alan >>> >>> >>> Rafael Vanoni wrote: >>>> We could put SVR4 package together and post it in the project page. >>>> It's not much different than having the tarball available, just >>>> easier to install. >>>> >>>> What do you think ? >>>> >>>> Rafael >>>> >>>> alan mcclellan wrote: >>>>> Got it. (That's good input, Roman. Thanks for passing that along.) >>>>> As you are probably aware, this is a licensing issue, but will >>>>> continue to push on this front and see what we can do to address >>>>> this concern. >>>>> >>>>> -alan >>>>> >>>>> Roman Strobl wrote: >>>>>> Rafael Vanoni wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Spoke too soon.. I was referring to the extra man pages that are >>>>>>> not shipped with OpenSolaris. >>>>>>> Would it be possible to create a package with those extra pages? >>>>>>> >>>>>> +1, this was brought up as one of the biggest issues that CZOSUG >>>>>> has with OpenSolaris (and why they use Nevada instead of the >>>>>> OpenSolaris distribution). >>>>>> >>>>>> -Roman >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> docs-discuss mailing list >>>>>> docs-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> docs-discuss mailing list >>> docs-discuss at opensolaris.org >
