games/vera: Various fixes and enhancements.

Signed-off-by: B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>

11 files changed, 764 insertions, 61 deletions

diff --git a/games/vera/02_direntry.diff b/games/vera/02_direntry.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b84e91533f636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/vera/02_direntry.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+Description: Add a direntry, dircategory
+Author: Ryan Kavanagh <rak@debian.org>
+Origin: vendor
+Forwarded: no
+---
+This patch header follows DEP-3: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/
+Index: vera/vera.texi
+===================================================================
+--- vera.orig/vera.texi	2021-01-05 13:32:01.209209794 -0500
++++ vera/vera.texi	2021-01-05 13:32:01.209209794 -0500
+@@ -22,15 +22,12 @@
+ @set AUTHOREMAIL < ohei [at] snafu . de >
+ @c End of variables
+ 
+-@ignore
+ @ifinfo
+-@format
+-START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
++@dircategory Dictionaries
++@direntry
+ * V.E.R.A.:  (vera).        Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms
+-END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
+-@end format
++@end direntry
+ @end ifinfo
+-@end ignore
+ 
+ @ifinfo
+ This is a special GNU edition of V.E.R.A.,
diff --git a/games/vera/README b/games/vera/README
index 5e4a30769683c..4f3eeabcffce9 100644
--- a/games/vera/README
+++ b/games/vera/README
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
-vera (acronym database)
+vera (acronym dictionary)
 
 V.E.R.A. is a free list of acronyms all of which are used in the field
 of computing. It is released under the GNU Free Documentation License.
 
-The database is installed in GNU Info format (use "info vera" to
-access) and as the wtf(6) database, replacing the tiny/outdated one
-from bsd-games.
+The dictionary is installed in 3 formats:
+
+- GNU Info format. Use "info vera" to access.
+- The wtf(6) database. Use "wtf <acronym>" to access. This replaces
+  the tiny/outdated acronym list from bsd-games.
+- HTML. Point your browser at file:///usr/doc/vera-1.24/vera.html
+  to access.
 
 If you remove this package, reinstall bsd-games to revert to the
 original wtf database.
diff --git a/games/vera/doinst.sh b/games/vera/doinst.sh
index 902384ea1c66a..8f7127bf0f9cd 100644
--- a/games/vera/doinst.sh
+++ b/games/vera/doinst.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-# the README says to use '* V.E.R.A.' at the start, but that causes
-# the command 'info vera' to fail. Using '* VERA' works as expected.
-
-if ! grep "(vera)" usr/info/dir 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
-  cat << EOF >> usr/info/dir
-
-Miscellaneous
-* VERA:  (vera).                Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms
-EOF
+if [ -x /usr/bin/install-info ]; then
+  /usr/bin/install-info usr/info/vera.info.gz usr/info/dir
 fi
diff --git a/games/vera/douninst.sh b/games/vera/douninst.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f452accdaa15c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/vera/douninst.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# 20211015 bkw: I was going to have a douninst.sh that runs
+# /usr/bin/install-info --delete /usr/info/xroar.info.gz /usr/info/dir
+# but this won't work because removepkg has already deleted
+# /usr/info/xroar.info.gz before it runs douninst.sh. And you can't
+# use install-info to remove stuff *by name* from /usr/info/dir;
+# the info file must actually exist.
+# So the script has to manually remove the entry from the info dir,
+# and the Emulators section if it's become empty.
+
+if [ -e usr/info/dir ]; then
+  # Remove the entry first:
+  sed -i '/^\* V\.E\.R.\A\.:/d' usr/info/dir
+  # If the Dictionaries section is empty now, remove it too:
+  if grep -A1 '^Dictionaries$' usr/info/dir | tail -1 | grep -q '^$'; then
+    sed -i '/^Dictionaries$/,+1d' usr/info/dir
+  fi
+fi
diff --git a/games/vera/mkwtfdb.pl b/games/vera/mkwtfdb.pl
index c5430a4f5f11f..74d7115c8cb2f 100644
--- a/games/vera/mkwtfdb.pl
+++ b/games/vera/mkwtfdb.pl
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ chdir $dir || die "$0: $dir: $!\n";
 
 for $ext (0, 'a'..'z') {
 	open(my $f, "<vera.$ext") or next;
+	warn "reading file vera.$ext\n";
 	my ($acronym, $definition);
 
 	while(<$f>) {
@@ -39,153 +40,597 @@ while(<DATA>) {
 
 print sort { $a cmp $b } @output;
 
-# Rest of this file is the original contents of /usr/share/misc/acronyms
-# from Slack 14.1's bsd-games (minus the comment and blank line at the top).
+# Rest of this file is the original contents of
+# /usr/share/misc/acronyms from Slackware -current (pre-15.0)
+# bsd-games-2.17-x86_64-3, minus the comment at the top.
 
 __DATA__
-AFAICR	as far as I can recall
+10Q	thank you
+10X	thanks
+1337	elite ("leet")
+224	today, tomorrow, forever
+31337	elite ("eleet")
+4TW	for the win
+A/S/L	age/sex/location
+AAMOF	as a matter of fact
+ABD	all but dissertation
+AC	audible chuckle
+ADD	attention deficit disorder
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+ADOS	attention deficit ... oh, shiny!
+AEAP	as early as possible
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+AFAIC	as far as I'm concerned
+AFAICR	as far as I can {recall,remember}
+AFAICS	as far as I can see
 AFAICT	as far as I can tell
 AFAIK	as far as I know
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+AFAIU	as far as I understand
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 AFK	away from keyboard
+AFW	away from window
+AGM	annual general meeting
+AINEC	and it's not even close
+AISE	as I see it
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+AMA	ask me anything
+AMOL	a mountain of love
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 ASAP	as soon as possible
+ASL	age/sex/location
+ATEOTD	at the end of the day
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+AWK	Aho, Weinberger, [and] Kernighan
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+AYF	all your fault
+AYOR	at your own risk
+AYT	are you there
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+B/C	because
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 BBL	[I'll] be back later
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+BCNUL8R	be seeing you later
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 BIAF	back in a few
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 BIAS	back in a second
 BIAW	back in a while
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+BNYA	burned now you are
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+BPM	beats per minute
 BRB	[I'll] be right back
+BSD	booze, sex, drugs
 BTDT	been there, done that
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 BTW	by the way
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+CC	credit card
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 CNP	continued [in my] next post
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+CRM	customer relationship management
+CTN	can't talk now
+CU	see you
+CUL	see you later
+CYA	see ya
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+CYE	check your email
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+DIAFYO	did I ask for your opinion?
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+DKDC	don't know, don't care
+DM	direct message
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+DME	durable medical equipment
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 DTRT	do the right thing
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 IMCO	in my considered opinion
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 IMHO	in my humble opinion
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+ISBN	International Standard Book Number
 ISTM	it seems to me
-ISTR	I seem to recall
+ISTR	I seem to {recall,remember}
+ITC	in this {channel,chat}
+ITT	in this thread
 ITYM	I think you mean
+IUD	insert usual disclaimers
+IUSS	if you say so
+IW	it's worse
+IWBNI	it would be nice if
+IYD	in your dreams
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 JIC	just in case
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 JK	just kidding
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+KMA	keep moving ahead
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 KNF	kernel normal form
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+KTHX	okay, thanks
+KTHXBAI	okay, thanks. Goodbye.
+KWIM	know what I mean?
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 LJBF	let's just be friends
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+LWYL	laugh with you later
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+MVP	most valuable player
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 OTL	out to lunch
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+OTT	over the top
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+PD	police department
+PDA	public display of affection
+PDQ	pretty darn quick
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+PHB	pointy haired boss
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+PITR	{parent,parents} in the room
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+POLS	principle of least surprise
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 SMLSFB	so many losers, so few bullets
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+SSIA	subject says it all
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 SWAHBI	silly, wild-assed hare-brained idea
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+SYS	see you soon
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 TANSTAAFL	there ain't no such thing as a free lunch
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 TBD	to be {decided,determined,done}
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+TINLA	this is not legal advice
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 TTFN	ta ta for now
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 TTYL	talk to you later
+TTYS	talk to you soon
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+TWIAVBP	the world is a very big place
+TY	thank you
 TYVM	thank you very much
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+UR	{you're, you are}
 UTSL	use the source, Luke
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+VIP	very important person
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+WFH	working from home
+WFM	works for me
 WIBNI	wouldn't it be nice if
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+WIP	work in progress
+WMNC	watch me not care
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+WRT	with respect to
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+WTF	where's the food
+WTG	way to go
+WTH	{what,when,where,who,why} the hell
+WTS	{waiting,want,willing} to sell
+WTT	{waiting,want,willing} to trade
+WWJD	what would Jesus do?
+YAGNI	you ain't gonna need it
+YALIMO	you are lame, in my opinion
+YAOTM	yet another off-topic message
+YCTAT	you can't troll a troll
+YGM	you got mail
+YHBT	you have been trolled
+YHL	you have lost
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 YMMV	your mileage may vary
+YOLO	you only live once
+YW	you're welcome
+YWSYLS	you win some, you lose some
+ZIP	zoning improvement plan
diff --git a/games/vera/slack-desc b/games/vera/slack-desc
index 1b05ef610fb8e..5cc8a5b2c7bb3 100644
--- a/games/vera/slack-desc
+++ b/games/vera/slack-desc
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
 
     |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
-vera: vera (acronym database)
+vera: vera (acronym dictionary)
 vera:
 vera: V.E.R.A. is a free list of acronyms all of which are used in the field
 vera: of computing. It is released under the GNU Free Documentation License.
diff --git a/games/vera/utf8_and_double_brackets.diff b/games/vera/utf8_and_double_brackets.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9f32dd0e777c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/vera/utf8_and_double_brackets.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+diff -Naur vera-1.24/vera.c vera-1.24.patched/vera.c
+--- vera-1.24/vera.c	2020-08-03 13:43:56.000000000 -0400
++++ vera-1.24.patched/vera.c	2021-10-15 17:31:16.957383994 -0400
+@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
+ @c Additional explanations are included in [square brackets]
+ 
+ @table @asis
+-C&C          Command & Control [server]
++@item C&C
++Command & Control [server]
+ 
+ @item C128
+ Commodore 128 [computer] (Commodore)
+diff -Naur vera-1.24/vera.h vera-1.24.patched/vera.h
+--- vera-1.24/vera.h	2020-08-03 13:43:56.000000000 -0400
++++ vera-1.24.patched/vera.h	2021-10-15 17:26:41.661409019 -0400
+@@ -886,13 +886,13 @@
+ Hosted Virtual Desktop
+ 
+ @item HVGA
+-Half Video Graphics Array [320×480] (VGA)
++Half Video Graphics Array [320x480] (VGA)
+ 
+ @item HVM
+ Hardware Virtual Machine
+ 
+ @item HWE
+-HardWare Enablement [stack]] (Linux, Ubuntu)
++HardWare Enablement [stack] (Linux, Ubuntu)
+ 
+ @item HWMC
+ HardWare Motion Compensation
+diff -Naur vera-1.24/vera.m vera-1.24.patched/vera.m
+--- vera-1.24/vera.m	2020-08-03 13:43:56.000000000 -0400
++++ vera-1.24.patched/vera.m	2021-10-15 17:26:47.996408444 -0400
+@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@
+ Mobile Internet Toolkit (MS, .NET)
+ 
+ @item MITM
+-Man In The Middle [[attack]]
++Man In The Middle [attack]
+ 
+ @item MJ
+ Modular Jack
diff --git a/games/vera/vera.6 b/games/vera/vera.6
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9232e6ad1ae6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/vera/vera.6
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+.\" Man page generated from reStructuredText.
+.
+.
+.nr rst2man-indent-level 0
+.
+.de1 rstReportMargin
+\\$1 \\n[an-margin]
+level \\n[rst2man-indent-level]
+level margin: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]
+-
+\\n[rst2man-indent0]
+\\n[rst2man-indent1]
+\\n[rst2man-indent2]
+..
+.de1 INDENT
+.\" .rstReportMargin pre:
+. RS \\$1
+. nr rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level] \\n[an-margin]
+. nr rst2man-indent-level +1
+.\" .rstReportMargin post:
+..
+.de UNINDENT
+. RE
+.\" indent \\n[an-margin]
+.\" old: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]
+.nr rst2man-indent-level -1
+.\" new: \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]
+.in \\n[rst2man-indent\\n[rst2man-indent-level]]u
+..
+.TH "VERA" 6 "2021-10-16" "1.24" "SlackBuilds.org"
+.SH NAME
+vera \- look up acronyms in the VERA database
+.\" RST source for vera(6) man page. Convert with:
+.
+.\" rst2man.py vera.rst > vera.6
+.
+.\" rst2man.py comes from the SBo development/docutils package.
+.
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.sp
+vera \fIacronym\fP ...
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.sp
+\fBvera\fP looks up one or more acronyms in the VERA acronym
+database. Example:
+.INDENT 0.0
+.INDENT 3.5
+.sp
+.nf
+.ft C
+$ vera ianal
+IANAL
+     I Am Not A Lawyer (slang, Usenet, IRC)
+.ft P
+.fi
+.UNINDENT
+.UNINDENT
+.sp
+There are no options.
+.SH FILES
+.sp
+\fI/usr/share/info/vera.info.gz\fP \- the acronym database. Can
+be browsed with the command \fIinfo vera\fP\&.
+.SH AUTHORS
+.sp
+The \fIvera\fP command was written by Andres Soolo.
+.sp
+This man page written for the SlackBuilds.org project
+by B. Watson, and is licensed under the WTFPL.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.sp
+\fIwtf\fP(6)
+.sp
+/usr/doc/vera\-1.24/README
+.sp
+/usr/doc/vera\-1.24/vera.html
+.\" Generated by docutils manpage writer.
+.
diff --git a/games/vera/vera.SlackBuild b/games/vera/vera.SlackBuild
index 182ef1ec41a82..7aaa438640dbc 100644
--- a/games/vera/vera.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/vera/vera.SlackBuild
@@ -6,21 +6,28 @@
 
 # Licensed under the WTFPL. See http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying/ for details.
 
+# 20211015 bkw: BUILD=2
+# - fix character encoding and formatting.
+# - fix info node structure and dir entry.
+# - add HTML version of the acronym list.
+# - stop splitting vera.info into multiple info files.
+# - doinst.sh properly installs vera.info in Info dir.
+# - douninst.sh properly removes vera.info from Info dir.
+# - add vera standalone lookup tool from contrib/.
+# - add man page for same.
+
 # 20201024 bkw: updated for v1.24
 
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=vera
 VERSION=${VERSION:-1.24}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
 ARCH=noarch
 
-# If the variable PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME is set, then this script will report what
-# the name of the created package would be, and then exit. This information
-# could be useful to other scripts.
 if [ ! -z "${PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME}" ]; then
   echo "$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE"
   exit 0
@@ -45,26 +52,53 @@ find -L .  -perm /111 -a \! -perm 755 -a -exec chmod 755 {} \+ -o \
 # Fix TL;DR and BP;DR entries.
 patch -p1 < $CWD/semicolons.diff
 
-makeinfo --force $PRGNAM.texi
+# vera.h includes a non-ASCII character encoded as iso-8859-1. It's
+# a multiplication sign. Replace with ASCII letter x. Also replace
+# all [[ and ]] with [ and ]. Also, vera.c's first entry is missing
+# the @item.
+patch -p1 < $CWD/utf8_and_double_brackets.diff
+
+# Next 2 are from Debian:
+
+# This one is actually harmful IMO. It gets rid of the 'Up: Top'
+# links at the start of each letters' worth of acronyms.
+#patch -p1 < $CWD/01_texinfo_node_menu.diff
+
+# This one makes vera show up in the info directory (so if you just
+# type "info", it shows up under Dictionaries in the index).
+patch -p1 < $CWD/02_direntry.diff
+
+PKGDOC=$PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+mkdir -p $PKGDOC
+makeinfo --force --no-split $PRGNAM.texi
+makeinfo --force --no-split --html -o $PKGDOC/$PRGNAM.html $PRGNAM.texi
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/info
-for i in $PRGNAM.info*; do
-  gzip -9c < $i > $PKG/usr/info/$i.gz
-done
+gzip -9c < $PRGNAM.info > $PKG/usr/info/$PRGNAM.info.gz
 
 # Generate wtf(6) database from VERA contents.
-# Yes, this conflicts with bsd-games, but it's not like it's going to break
-# anyone's system. As shipped, /usr/share/misc/acronyms is about useless.
+# Yes, this conflicts with bsd-games, but it's not like it's
+# going to break anyone's system. The /usr/share/misc/acronyms from
+# bsd-games-2.17-x86_64-3 has 590 entries. The acronyms installed by
+# this package includes all of those, plus 12,666 more.
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/misc
 perl $CWD/mkwtfdb.pl > $PKG/usr/share/misc/acronyms
 
-mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-cp -a changelog README $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
+# 20211016 bkw: include standalone 'vera' lookup tool. Note
+# that this tool requires vera.info.gz to have been built with
+# --no-split (as we actually do, above).
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/games $PKG/usr/man/man6
+sed -i 's,/usr/share,/usr,' contrib/$PRGNAM.pl
+install -m0755 contrib/$PRGNAM.pl $PKG/usr/games/$PRGNAM
+gzip -9c < $CWD/$PRGNAM.6 > $PKG/usr/man/man6/$PRGNAM.6.gz
+
+cp -a changelog README $PKGDOC
+cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKGDOC/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
+cat $CWD/douninst.sh > $PKG/install/douninst.sh
 
 cd $PKG
 /sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE
diff --git a/games/vera/vera.info b/games/vera/vera.info
index 021dd80f6d2a1..c18a8e83e35e3 100644
--- a/games/vera/vera.info
+++ b/games/vera/vera.info
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PRGNAM="vera"
 VERSION="1.24"
-HOMEPAGE="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/vera/"
-DOWNLOAD="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/vera/vera-1.24.tar.gz"
+HOMEPAGE="https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/vera/"
+DOWNLOAD="https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/vera/vera-1.24.tar.gz"
 MD5SUM="03dce85d633e58acdd836ac1e260e7fb"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
diff --git a/games/vera/vera.rst b/games/vera/vera.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0430a02ad2a2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games/vera/vera.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+.. RST source for vera(6) man page. Convert with:
+..   rst2man.py vera.rst > vera.6
+.. rst2man.py comes from the SBo development/docutils package.
+
+.. |version| replace:: 1.24
+.. |date| date::
+
+====
+vera
+====
+
+-------------------------------------
+look up acronyms in the VERA database
+-------------------------------------
+
+:Manual section: 6
+:Manual group: SlackBuilds.org
+:Date: |date|
+:Version: |version|
+
+SYNOPSIS
+========
+
+vera *acronym* ...
+
+DESCRIPTION
+===========
+
+**vera** looks up one or more acronyms in the VERA acronym
+database. Example::
+
+  $ vera ianal
+  IANAL
+       I Am Not A Lawyer (slang, Usenet, IRC)
+
+There are no options.
+
+FILES
+=====
+
+*/usr/share/info/vera.info.gz* - the acronym database. Can
+be browsed with the command *info vera*.
+
+AUTHORS
+=======
+
+The *vera* command was written by Andres Soolo.
+
+This man page written for the SlackBuilds.org project
+by B. Watson, and is licensed under the WTFPL.
+
+SEE ALSO
+========
+
+*wtf*\(6)
+
+/usr/doc/vera-|version|/README
+
+/usr/doc/vera-|version|/vera.html