6.1-RELEASE-i386 man broken?

[Matthew Seaman]

David Christensen 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
> 
> 
>> 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)
>     :/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
> 
> 
> Any other ideas?

Please read what I wrote more carefully.  To summarize: don't set
$MANPATH in your environment, and the man(1) command will work correctly.

	Matthew

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