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From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
To: git-commits@fedoraproject.org
Subject: [rpms/man-pages] rawhide: Remove man(7) alternative from the package (#2404910)
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 10:52:47 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <178229836733.1.3328165287932842482.rpms-man-pages-d42c4808c1b1@fedoraproject.org> (raw)
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Repo : rpms/man-pages
Branch : rawhide
Commit : d42c4808c1b1cdc64b0b697f5a67039d6bf61d25
Author : Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
Date : 2026-06-24T12:34:52+02:00
Stats : +3/-29 in 1 file(s)
URL : https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/man-pages/c/d42c4808c1b1cdc64b0b697f5a67039d6bf61d25?branch=rawhide
Log:
Remove man(7) alternative from the package (#2404910)
Going forward, a functional man(7) page will be provided by the
groff-base package.
---
diff --git a/man-pages.spec b/man-pages.spec
index 16fc210..198a49c 100644
--- a/man-pages.spec
+++ b/man-pages.spec
@@ -88,13 +88,9 @@ rm man3/crypt{,_r}.3
%install
make -R install prefix=/usr DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-# The man.7 manual page is empty and references groff_man.7, but we
-# don't want to explicitly require installing groff to make the set
-# of man pages complete.
-#
-# rename files for alternative usage
-mv %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man7/man.7 %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man7/man.%{name}.7
-touch %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man7/man.7
+# Per <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2404910>, man(7)
+# is provided by groff-base.
+rm %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man7/man.7
# Remove binaries we don't use and their man pages.
rm %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/diffman-git
@@ -106,30 +102,8 @@ rm %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/diffman-git.1
rm %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/pdfman.1
rm %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man1/sortman.1
-%pre
-# remove alternativized files if they are not symlinks
-[ -L %{_mandir}/man7/man.7.gz ] || rm -f %{_mandir}/man7/man.7.gz >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
-
-%post
-# set up the alternatives files
-%{_sbindir}/update-alternatives --install %{_mandir}/man7/man.7.gz man.7.gz %{_mandir}/man7/man.%{name}.7.gz 300 \
- >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
-
-%preun
-if [ $1 -eq 0 ]; then
- %{_sbindir}/update-alternatives --remove man.7.gz %{_mandir}/man7/man.%{name}.7.gz >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
-fi
-
-%postun
-if [ $1 -ge 1 ]; then
- if [ "$(readlink %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/man.7.gz)" == "%{_mandir}/man7/man.%{name}.7.gz" ]; then
- %{_sbindir}/update-alternatives --set man.7.gz %{_mandir}/man7/man.%{name}.7.gz >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
- fi
-fi
-
%files
%doc README Changes
-%ghost %{_mandir}/man7/man.7.gz
%{_mandir}/man*/*
%changelog
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