Opened 17 years ago

Closed 16 years ago

Last modified 14 years ago

#10822 closed defect (wontfix)

BUG: Don't gzip man pages

Reported by: macports@… Owned by: macports-tickets@…
Priority: Low Milestone:
Component: base Version:
Keywords: Cc: macports@…
Port:

Description

It's inconsistent with the OS and confounds some software, all for a few megabytes.

Change History (15)

comment:1 Changed 17 years ago by tobypeterson

What software does it "confound" ?

comment:2 Changed 17 years ago by markd@…

Cc: macports@… added
Summary: Don't gzip man pagesBUG: Don't gzip man pages

comment:3 Changed 17 years ago by macports@…

The most important to me is Spotlight, which is limited to one importer per file type.

comment:4 Changed 17 years ago by pipping@…

Resolution: wontfix
Status: newclosed

comment:5 Changed 17 years ago by pipping@…

Milestone: Needs developer review
Resolution: wontfix
Status: closedreopened

comment:6 Changed 17 years ago by jmpp@…

Owner: changed from darwinports-bugs@… to macports-dev@…
Status: reopenednew

comment:7 Changed 17 years ago by pipping@…

i fail to see why one'd use spotlight for manpages. especially since no one opens manpages from anything other than a terminal.

comment:8 Changed 17 years ago by jmpp@…

Milestone: Needs developer reviewMacPorts base bugs

Milestone Needs developer review deleted

comment:9 Changed 17 years ago by nox@…

Priority: Nice to haveLow
Resolution: invalid
Status: newclosed
Type: enhancementdefect
Version: 1.3.2

From what I can read from other developers, we will continue to gzip manpages.

comment:10 Changed 17 years ago by nox@…

Resolution: invalid
Status: closedreopened

comment:11 Changed 17 years ago by nox@…

Resolution: wontfix
Status: reopenedclosed

comment:12 in reply to:  9 Changed 16 years ago by macports@…

Resolution: wontfix
Status: closedreopened

Replying to pipping@macports.org:

i fail to see why one'd use spotlight for manpages. especially since no one opens manpages from anything other than a terminal.

  1. man -K is slow and blocks on input for every. single. matching. file.
  2. source:/trunk/dports/aqua/ManOpen/Portfile

comment:13 Changed 16 years ago by raimue (Rainer Müller)

Resolution: wontfix
Status: reopenedclosed

FYI: As of Leopard also Apple ships gzipped man pages.

a) If you really need a fast full text search for man pages (e.g index based), go to the man people and ask there.

b) From ManOpen's description: "it will display the output from the `man' command-line program." man can read gzipped man pages, so would ManOpen, right? I can't test as it does not build for me.

I don't want to start a reopen/close war by closing this again, but we are not going to change anything.

comment:14 Changed 15 years ago by tobypeterson

Milestone: MacPorts base bugsMacPorts Future

Milestone MacPorts base bugs deleted

comment:15 Changed 14 years ago by jmroot (Joshua Root)

Milestone: MacPorts Future
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