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authorJune McEnroe <june@causal.agency>2021-01-27 22:35:39 -0500
committerJune McEnroe <june@causal.agency>2021-01-27 22:39:03 -0500
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parentUpdate to man-pages-posix 2017-a (diff)
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Completely rewrite how manuals are fetched and installed
Also add section 6 manuals from NetBSD and OpenBSD!
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-.Dd May  3, 2020
+.Dd January 27, 2021
 .Dt README 7
 .Os "Causal Agency"
 .
@@ -7,31 +7,30 @@
 .Nd manuals for other systems
 .
 .Sh INSTALLING
-Use
+.Nm
+requires BSD
 .Xr make 1
-to download and extract
-manuals for various systems:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-make
-.Ed
-.
-.Pp
-If
+and
+.Xr tar 1 ,
+sometimes called
+.Xr bmake 1
+and
+.Xr bsdtar 1 ,
+respectively,
+as well as
+.Xr curl 1 .
+The paths of
 .Xr tar 1
-is GNU,
-it requires the
-.Fl Fl wildcards
-option:
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-TAR='tar --wildcards' make
-.Ed
-.
-.Pp
-Install manuals and the
-.Xr exman 1
-utility:
+and
+.Xr curl 1
+can be set by the environment variables
+.Ev TAR
+and
+.Ev CURL ,
+respectively.
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
-sudo make install PREFIX=/usr/local
+make all
+sudo make install
 .Ed
 .
 .Sh CONTRIBUTING