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+ 890.	[cleanup]	The man pages no longer require the mandoc macros
+			and should now format cleanly using most versions of
+			nroff, and HTML versions of the man pages hvae been
+			added.  Both are generated from DocBook source.
+
  889.	[port]		Eliminated blank lines before .TH in nroff man
 			pages since they cause problems with some versions
 			of nroff. [RT #1390]