man-pages-6.8 - manual pages for GNU/Linux
Notice for packagers:
The version string is now stamped on the manual pages at `make install`,
instead of `make dist`, so the manual pages in the release tarball don't
contain the version string any more. The version is now stamped in
<share/mk/configure/version.mk> during `make dist`.
This change is important, because downstream packagers will need to
`make install` instead of just copying the pages.
The benefit of this is that downstream distributors are now able to set
their own distro-specific version strings. The most common thing that
I'd expect is setting a suffix such as '-1', which can be done with
$ make install EXTRAVERSION=-1 DESTDIR=foo;
Another benefit is that downstream patches that apply near the TH line
will have to be refreshed less often, since the TH line will not
necessarily change in every release.