Repoint manpage symlinks that point to symlinks #212
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MacPorts previously only fixed up manpage symlinks that pointed to real manpage files, but some ports install manpage symlinks that point to other symlinks that then point to real manpage files.
The old two-step method of first compressing all manpage files and then fixing up symlinks is replaced with a three-step process that first inventories the man directory, then compresses all manpages, then fixes up symlinks. This ensures that we have a complete and accurate inventory including what each symlink points to before we change anything.
Closes: https://trac.macports.org/ticket/61288
This works for me to fix graphviz-devel's dot2gxl.1 symlink but I should do more testing on other types of ports, such as python modules or other ports that install manpages in a nonstandard man directory and then symlink those into the standard man directory.