6.1-RELEASE-i386 man broken?

[Nick Withers]

On Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:42:53 -0700
"David Christensen" <dpchrist at holgerdanske.com> wrote:

> Matthew Seaman wrote:
> > What are the contents of /etc/manpath.config ?
> 
>     $ cat /etc/manpath.config | egrep -v '^#'
>     MANDATORY_MANPATH       /usr/share/man
>     MANDATORY_MANPATH       /usr/share/openssl/man
>     OPTIONAL_MANPATH        /usr/local/man
>     OPTIONAL_MANPATH        /usr/X11R6/man
>     MANPATH_MAP     /bin                    /usr/share/man
>     MANPATH_MAP     /usr/bin                /usr/share/man
>     MANPATH_MAP     /usr/local/bin          /usr/local/man
>     MANPATH_MAP     /usr/X11R6/bin          /usr/X11R6/man
>     OPTIONAL_MANPATH        /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/man
>     OPTIONAL_MANPATH        /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/perl/man

Unfortunately (or at least as I understand it), the contents of
"/etc/manpath.config" don't matter if you have the "MANPATH"
environment variable set. Did you happen to set this yourself
(i.e., explicitly)? If not, would you be able to post the
output of the "pkg_info" command, just so those that have a
much better understanding of the environment than me might be
able to narrow down which installation (if any) might be
harrassed for the dramas you're undergoing?

> > You can see the ultimate result by running the 'manpath' command.
> 
>     2006-07-13 08:38:20 dpchrist at k62350 ~
>     $ manpath
>     (Warning: MANPATH environment variable set)

Just thought I should draw attention to the warning above...

>     :/home/dpchrist/local/man
> 
> 
> > See the manpath(1) man page for more information.
> 
>     2006-07-13 08:38:58 dpchrist at k62350 ~
>     $ man manpath
>     No manual entry for manpath

Hahaha... I absolutely *love* these kinds of problems... You
can't find the man page because of a problem locating man
pages! :-)

> Any other ideas?
> 
> David
> 
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