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[bug #64279] Proposal to rename roff(7)
From: |
Michał Kruszewski |
Subject: |
[bug #64279] Proposal to rename roff(7) |
Date: |
Sat, 3 Jun 2023 13:09:43 -0400 (EDT) |
URL:
<https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?64279>
Summary: Proposal to rename roff(7)
Group: GNU roff
Submitter: mkru
Submitted: Sat 03 Jun 2023 05:09:41 PM UTC
Category: None
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: None
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Any
Planned Release: None
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Date: Sat 03 Jun 2023 05:09:41 PM UTC By: Michał Kruszewski <mkru>
In the upcoming release (1.23) roff.7.man contains mainly a history of roff.
It is still named roff, and I can see potential name clash in the case of
installing groff on BSD systems. For example, FreeBSD already provides man
page for roff(7) (it is completely different than the one provided by groff).
If the file was renamed to something like roff_history, roff_hist,
groff_history or groff_hist, there would be no name conflict. All man pages
coming with groff start with groff_ prefix, and there are no conflicts.
However, the roff.7.man can potentially create problem on BSD systems.
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