ChangeLog
2014/05/04 - 1.19.2 -> 1.22.2
- Updated Slackware note for 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and
14.1, removed older
- Changed download URL to ftpmirror.gnu.org
- Added alternate download URLs
- Updated download URL from http://groff.ffii.org/ to the
standard GNU home page, which it was redirecting to:
- Changed Ghostscript home page link and ESPGS howto link to
just Ghostscript howto link
- Added optional XFree86/X prerequisite link
Dec 16, 2005 - Source /etc/profile.d/groff.sh
- Updated Slackware note for 10.2
Sep 9, 2005 - 1.19.1 -> 1.19.2
- Changed md5sum verification to output OK (or not)
- Added sha1sum verification
- Moved source directory (see note <a href="howtos.php?msd">here</a>)
- root.root -> root:root, run when $UID = 0
- Rearranged options to shut up new version of find
- Removed make, gcc, and fileutils/coreutils
- Updated Slackware note to include 10.1
Sep 15, 2004 - 1.19 -> 1.19.1
- Changed download URL from ftp://groff.ffii.org/pub/groff/
(connection refused) to http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/
- Updated prerequisites with a few obvious ones
- Removed sha1sum verification, added md5sum
- Added gpg verification
Sep 30, 2003 - Updated link to espgs from cups howto to new espgs howto
Sep 25, 2003 - Versions 1.18.1 and 1.19 have yet to be verified on
ftp.gnu.org since they got cracked, so I changed the
download URL to grab it from the home site in Germany.
Aug 7, 2003 - Added note + link to the home FTP server in Germany
- Put the sha1sum in the howto directly
- Updated modification of /etc/profile with creating
/etc/profile.d/groff.sh
May 16, 2003 - 1.18.1 -> 1.19
Apr 21, 2003 - Removed the note about the ftp.gnu.org gpg sigs being
broken, they fixed it
- Modernized a few things
Mar 27, 2003 - Changed home page link from the gnu.org one:
http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/
to the "real" one:
http://groff.ffii.org/
- Updated prerequisites, modernized the howto
- Added section for converting the manual to dvi, pdf, html
format (from texinfo)
Oct 18, 2002 - 1.18 -> 1.18.1
- Added removal of previous version
Aug 20, 2002 - Replaced setting MANPAGER in /etc/profile with PAGER.
perldoc uses PAGER and if MANPAGER isn't set, man will use
PAGER too.
Aug 6, 2002 - Added a note about setting MANPAGER
Aug 5, 2002 - Added a note about grohtml, updated description
Aug 4, 2002 - First entry