> Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2021 21:47:01 +1000 > From: Reuben ua Bríġ <u5644...@anu.edu.au>
> im hopeful i can get the sources good enough for /usr/local/man/posix = i hope i can get them to run through man properly > but if not, in lieu of an option to make man prefer formatted files: = the new man is arrogant in ignoring properly formatted pages: it tries to format pages itself, even when it cant. there is no flag to disable the arrogance of man. > CAT=/usr/local/man/posix > MAN=/usr/local/share/doc/posix/man > mv cat* $CAT > mv man* $MAN > cat >$CAT/man.conf <<. > manpath $CAT > manpath $MAN > . = the new man can be tricked into preferring formatted pages by putting them in a different manpath and putting it first in a special configuration file /usr/local/man/posix/man.conf > chmod +x /usr/local/bin/man_posix # if eqn desired for PDF, etc. = the new man arrogantly assumes it is the sole keeper of manuals. this assumption was outdated when uunet on 4.3 bsd gave way to the internet. this was fixed in 4.4 bsd but obsd 5.7 regressed. so a script should be provided that knows about something that can properly typeset the manuals when desired, and, when terminal output is wanted, conveniently call man -C /usr/local/man/posix.conf
