Jason McIntyre <j...@kerhand.co.uk> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 07:29:11PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: > > There is a pattern we've followed in the past, that when a manpage applies > > to more than 2 (or 3?) architectures, then we simply make it MI. > > > > So MANSUBDIR would get deleted, and then the sets would be updated. > > > > People with old systems will retain the old files, but I think man(1) > > selects the MI ones over the MD ones (I think we have no override > > capability). > > > > man chooses the MD page over the MI page, i think. from man(1): > > Machine specific areas are searched before general areas. > > so you'd get the old page unless you deleted it. i don;t know if you can > override that.
oh well, eventually people reinstall. noone is going to get severely hurt because old pages are lying around, we've been here before with far more important pages, and barreled though anyways, because it makes the build system simpler.
