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authorG. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>2022-08-03 19:16:39 -0500
committerG. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robinson@gmail.com>2022-08-03 19:28:14 -0500
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Scrub references to support for snapshot builds.
See previous reversion commit for rationale.
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@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
This is the 'groff' document formatting system, a reimplementation and
extension of the AT&T Unix 'troff' system. The version number is given
in the file '.tarball-version' if you are building from a distribution
-archive; otherwise, building from its Git repository or a snapshot
-archive will store it in the file '.version'.
+archive; otherwise, building from its Git repository will store it in
+the file '.version'.
This release includes original implementations (not derived from AT&T
Unix code) of the 'troff', 'nroff', 'pic', 'eqn', 'tbl', 'refer'
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ See the file 'INSTALL.extra' for instructions on how to install from a
distribution archive, such as a release, beta, or release candidate.
The file 'INSTALL.REPO' contains supplementary instructions for building
-directly from a clone of the Git repository or a snapshot archive.
+directly from a clone of the Git repository.
The file 'NEWS' contains a history of user-visible changes to 'groff'.
@@ -58,9 +58,8 @@ Administration of the project is done through GNU Savannah.
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/groff.git
You can view any commit in isolation, and browse the entire source tree
-or produce a snapshot archive corresponding to its state as of that
-commit. Click the summary line of the commit message to expose these
-options.
+corresponding to its state as of that commit. Click the summary line of
+the commit message to expose these options.
Build requirements are discussed in the 'INSTALL.extra' and
'INSTALL.REPO' files noted above. 'groff' also has runtime