=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/INSTALL,v retrieving revision 1.20 retrieving revision 1.22 diff -u -p -r1.20 -r1.22 --- mandoc/INSTALL 2017/07/28 14:57:56 1.20 +++ mandoc/INSTALL 2018/07/31 15:34:00 1.22 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Id: INSTALL,v 1.20 2017/07/28 14:57:56 schwarze Exp $ +$Id: INSTALL,v 1.22 2018/07/31 15:34:00 schwarze Exp $ About the portable mandoc distribution -------------------------------------- @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ tech@ mailing list, too. Enjoy using the mandoc toolset! -Ingo Schwarze, Karlsruhe, July 2017 +Ingo Schwarze, Karlsruhe, August 2018 Installation @@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ generates. If anything looks wrong or different from wish, read the file "configure.local.example", create and edit a file "configure.local", and re-run "./configure" until the result seems right to you. -On Solaris 10 and earlier, you may have to run "ksh ./configure" -because the native /bin/sh lacks some POSIX features. 5. Run "make". Any POSIX-compatible make, in particular both BSD make and GNU make, @@ -83,12 +81,14 @@ apropos(1) will not find the new pages. 10. To set up a man.cgi(8) server, read its manual page. -Note that some man(7) pages may contain low-level roff(7) markup -that mandoc does not yet understand. On some BSD systems using -mandoc, third-party software is vetted on whether it may be formatted -with mandoc. If not, groff(1) is pulled in as a dependency and -used to install a pre-formatted "catpage" instead of directly as -manual page source. +Note that a very small number of man(7) pages contain low-level +roff(7) markup that mandoc does not yet understand. On some BSD +systems using mandoc, third-party software is vetted on whether it +may be formatted with mandoc. If not, groff(1) is pulled in as a +dependency and used to install pre-formatted "catpages" instead of +manual page sources. This mechanism is used much less frequently +than in the past. On OpenBSD, only 25 out of about 10000 ports +still require formatting with groff(1). Understanding mandoc dependencies