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+''' $Id: packinit.man,v 3.0.1.4 1995/07/25 13:31:38 ram Exp ram $
+'''
+'''  Copyright (c) 1991-1997, 2004-2006, Raphael Manfredi
+'''  
+'''  You may redistribute only under the terms of the Artistic Licence,
+'''  as specified in the README file that comes with the distribution.
+'''  You may reuse parts of this distribution only within the terms of
+'''  that same Artistic Licence; a copy of which may be found at the root
+'''  of the source tree for dist 4.0.
+'''
+''' $Log: packinit.man,v $
+''' Revision 3.0.1.4  1995/07/25  13:31:38  ram
+''' patch56: fixed a typo
+'''
+''' Revision 3.0.1.3  1995/05/12  11:57:38  ram
+''' patch54: updated my e-mail address
+'''
+''' Revision 3.0.1.2  1994/10/29  15:45:17  ram
+''' patch36: added new variables cext, shext, changelog and changercs
+'''
+''' Revision 3.0.1.1  1994/01/24  13:54:31  ram
+''' patch16: now documents variables set in .package by packinit
+'''
+''' Revision 3.0  1993/08/18  12:04:06  ram
+''' Baseline for dist 3.0 netwide release.
+'''
+''' 
+.TH PACKINIT 1 ram
+.SH NAME
+packinit \- initialize or update your .package file
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B packinit
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B Packinit
+will create (or update) a \fI.package\fR file, so that all the
+.B dist
+tools can be smart and know some basic things about your package,
+such as its revision number, or the e-mail address of its maintainer.
+.PP
+.I Packinit
+should be run from the top level directory of your package, before
+using any other \fIdist\fR tool. Later on, you may rerun it to
+update some of its values.
+.I Packinit
+will create a single file and leave the remaining of
+your directory undisturbed.
+.SH VARIABLES
+.I Packinit
+defines the following variables in your \fI.package\fR file:
+.TP 15
+.PD 0
+baserev
+The baseline revision number.
+.TP
+cext
+The list (space separated) of file extensions identifying potential holders of
+C symbols. This is added to the default .[chyl] extension lookup.
+Shell-style patterns may be used.
+.TP
+changelog
+The name of the \fIChangeLog\fR file managed by \fIpatlog\fR.
+.TP
+changercs
+Boolean stating whether RCS logs are to be made part of \fIChangeLog\fR.
+.TP
+copyright
+Name of the file used for Copyright expansion.
+.TP
+ftpdir
+Directory where patches are located on the FTP site.
+.TP
+ftpsite
+Name of the FTP site where patches may be retrieved from.
+.TP
+list_addr
+Address of the package mailing list where users may post messages to.
+.TP
+list_manager
+Type of list manager attached to the list administrative request address.
+.TP
+list_name
+Name of the package users mailing list.
+.TP
+list_request
+Address where subscribe and unsubscribe requests for the package mailing
+list should be sent to.
+.TP
+list_sub
+Format of the subscribe requests.
+.TP
+list_unsub
+Format of the unsubscribe requests.
+.TP
+list_users
+A boolean string set to 'true' when there is a mailing list set up for
+discussion about the package.
+.TP
+mailagent
+A boolean string set to 'true' when people are allowed to retrieve
+patches via mailagent \fI@SH mailpatch\fR commands.
+.TP
+maintloc
+E-mail address of the package maintainer, preferably in Internet format.
+.TP
+maintname
+Full name of the package maintainer.
+.TP
+mydiff
+Name of the \fIdiff\fR program to be used when computing a patch.
+.TP
+newsgroups
+Newsgroup list where new patches should be posted to, empty for no
+postings.
+.TP
+orgname
+Full name of the organization where the package maitainer resides, or
+path to a file containing that name.
+.TP
+package
+Name of the package.
+.TP
+packver
+Version of the \fIpackinit\fR program that built the \fI.package\fR file.
+.TP
+patchbranch
+Name of the RCS branch used to store subsequent updates of a file after
+a baseline has been released.
+.TP
+recipients
+People who should be sent newly issued patches.
+.TP
+shext
+The list (space separated) of file extensions identifying potential holders of
+shell symbols. This is added to the default .SH extension lookup.
+Shell-style patterns may be used. Note that only .SH extensions are looked
+up by Configure for automatic shell extraction with variable substitutions,
+no matter what this variable is set to.
+.PD
+.SH FILE
+.TP 15
+\&.package
+File holding all the package-related values
+.SH AUTHORS
+Larry Wall <lwall@netlabs.com> (version 2.0)
+.br
+Raphael Manfredi <ram@hptnos02.grenoble.hp.com>
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+dist(1).