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Re: [PATCH] [TRIVIAL] Change default man page path to /usr/share/man

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IDIsmail Dönmez <ismail@pardus.org.tr>
Date
Jun 20, 2007, 19:42 UTC
Message-ID
<200706202242.13100.ismail@pardus.org.tr>
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On Friday 11 May 2007 22:44:06 Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Ismail Dönmez <ismail@pardus.org.tr> writes:
> > Most(All?) distros /usr/share/man in MANPATH so I believe this
> > patch shouldn't break anything but well you have the final
> > say. I am ok with doing make mandir=/usr/share/man install-doc
>
> My preference is to do this early after 1.5.2.  I do not want to
> touch builds with trivial changes before the final.
Still not applied to 1.5.2.2. Patch attached for convenience.

Regards, ismail

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Perfect is the enemy of good


--- Documentation/Makefile	2007-02-26 21:20:28.000000000 +0200
+++ Documentation/Makefile	2007-02-28 01:18:07.672166995 +0200
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 prefix?=$(HOME)
 bindir?=$(prefix)/bin
-mandir?=$(prefix)/man
+mandir?=$(prefix)/share/man
 man1dir=$(mandir)/man1
 man7dir=$(mandir)/man7
 # DESTDIR=
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Message 11 of 12 in “[TRIVIAL] Change default man page path to /usr/share/man”
  1. [TRIVIAL] Change default man page path to /usr/share/manIsmail Dönmez, May 8, 2007
  2. Uwe Kleine-KönigMay 8, 2007
  3. Ismail DönmezMay 8, 2007
  4. Brian GernhardtMay 8, 2007
  5. Ismail DönmezMay 11, 2007
  6. Linus TorvaldsMay 11, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2007
  8. Ismail DönmezMay 11, 2007
  9. Junio C HamanoMay 11, 2007
  10. Ismail DönmezMay 11, 2007
  11. Ismail DönmezJun 20, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoJun 20, 2007

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