apropos returning same item twice

[Wayne Sierke]

On Fri, 2010-09-17 at 12:18 -0400, Steven Friedrich wrote:
> On Thursday 16 September 2010 4:12:44 am Wayne Sierke wrote:
> > On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 18:27 -0400, Steven Friedrich wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 15 September 2010 12:39:15 pm Wayne Sierke wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2010-09-14 at 00:37 +0000, Alexander Best wrote:
> > > > > On Sat Sep 11 10, Steven Friedrich wrote:
> > > > > > Why does apropos list mysql(1) twice?
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > It doesn't return duplicates with apropos kde...
> > > > > 
> > > > > maybe you have a gzip'ed and plain version in /usr ?
> > > > > 
> > > > > see PR #4419.
> > > > > 
> > > > > cheers.
> > > > > alex
> > > > 
> > > > Are you certain that /etc/manpath.config doesn't just still
> > > > have /usr/X11R6/man configured (as well as /usr/local/man)? Admittedly
> > > > the kde issue is a mystery, assuming its manpages are installed
> > > > in /usr/local/man. This system has the following:
> > > > 
> > > > OPTIONAL_MANPATH	/usr/local/man
> > > > # (disabled by xorg-libraries port) OPTIONAL_MANPATH	/usr/X11R6/man
> > > > 
> > > > MANPATH_MAP	/usr/local/bin		/usr/local/man
> > > > # (disabled by xorg-libraries port)
> > > > MANPATH_MAP	/usr/X11R6/bin	/usr/X11R6/man
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Is the whatis file being updated? Check the timestamp:
> > > > 
> > > > # ls -l /usr/local/man/whatis
> > > > -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  273178 Sep 11 04:22 /usr/local/man/whatis
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Wayne
> > > > 
> > > > > > admin at laptop2(/dev/pts/1)/usr/home/admin 106% apropos mysql
> > > 
> > > <snip>
> > > 
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> > > I still have X11R6 in usr symlinked to /usr/local. This was done per
> > > entry 20070519 in /usr/ports/UPDATING.
> > > 
> > > Do we still need this symlink?
> > 
> > Yes, anything that references /usr/X11R6 gets directed to /usr/local.
> 
> Well I temporarily removed it and this anomaly disappeared. Perhaps we just 
> have to suffer until we know the symlink can be removed. I thought it was 
> going to eventually be removed...
> 
> > 
> > Did you check /etc/manpath.config and the timestamp
> > on /usr/local/man/whatis?
> > 
> grep -v '^#' manpath.config                                     
> MANDATORY_MANPATH       /usr/share/man                                                             
> MANDATORY_MANPATH       /usr/share/openssl/man
> OPTIONAL_MANPATH        /usr/local/man
> MANPATH_MAP     /bin                    /usr/share/man
> MANPATH_MAP     /usr/bin                /usr/share/man
> MANPATH_MAP     /usr/local/bin          /usr/local/man
> OPTIONAL_MANPATH        /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.12.2/man
> OPTIONAL_MANPATH        /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.12.2/perl/man
> 
> 
> > Another check is that the output of manpath(1) doesn't
> > include /usr/X11R6/man.
> > 
> 
> manpath
> /usr/share/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/local/kde4/man:/usr/share/openssl/man:/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.12.2/man:/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.12.2/perl/man

Ok. There's also:  

        %man -a -w mysql

to see the origins of the multiple man pages, although it seems that you
may have already confirmed the /usr/X11R6 path connection.

>From what you've presented so far I'd say it's looking like a problem
with updating of the "whatis" db files. So to verify whether the weekly
periodic "makewhatis" is being run:-
 - check the timestamp on /usr/local/man/whatis - it shouldn't be more
than a week old
 - check that the "weekly run output" report lists "Rebuilding whatis
database:" and that it doesn't list any errors, e.g.:

        Rebuilding whatis database:
        
        -- End of weekly output --
        

Wayne