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+.\" $FreeBSD$
+Set to not build utilities for manual pages,
+.Xr apropos 1 ,
+.Xr catman 1 ,
+.Xr makewhatis 1 ,
+.Xr man 1 ,
+.Xr whatis 1 ,
+.Xr manctl 8 ,
+and related support files.