On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Max Horn wrote: > May I ask, why does the man package a) use the man version from linux >
It's not "from" linux - the kernel.org site was just a convenient download location. > b) why does it compile its own man version at all - why not a > thin script that calls /usr/bin/man but with a custom config file? Because that's the way I did it - if someone has a better solution that's fine with me. > > I don't particulary like the changed behaviour of this man, and in > addition, I am basically force to use it, unless I decide to remove > tcltk and python, too (which I did for now) :/ What behavior don't you like? As far as I can tell it behaves exactly the same way as the built-in man, except it looks in the "n", "l" and "o" sections. > > A better solution should be found. In particular, why does tcltk have > to depend on the new man at all? It's working without it, too. Just > change the depends to a Suggests field entry, I'd say. The most useful man pages in the tcltk package are in the "n" section - I think it should be a dependency since it is practically essential to anyone programming in tcl/tk. The same is true for the gmt package, all the man pages get installed to "l". If anyone wants to write a "thin" script go ahead, I'd be happy to remove the man package if it is not needed. -Jeff -- Jeffrey S. Whitaker Phone : (303)497-6313 Meteorologist FAX : (303)497-6449 NOAA/OAR/CDC R/CDC1 Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] 325 Broadway Web : www.cdc.noaa.gov/~jsw Boulder, CO, USA 80303-3328 Office : Skaggs Research Cntr 1D-124 _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
