Re: problem with man?

[Rob Browning <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>]

>>>>> "S" == "Susan G Kleinmann" <sgk@sgk.tiac.net> writes:

S> Meanwhile, FYI, I'm using man-2.3.10-11.

Same here.

S>   mandb -d -c to see mandb's debugging output.

I'll try that.

S> or just check whether your /etc/manpath.config has this line in it:
S> MANDB_MAP /usr/X11R6/man /var/catman/X11R6

% grep "/usr/X11R6/man" /etc/manpath.config
MANDATORY_MANPATH                       /usr/X11R6/man
MANPATH_MAP     /usr/X11R6/bin          /usr/X11R6/man
MANDB_MAP       /usr/X11R6/man          /var/catman/X11R6

S> Then see if the file index.db is in /var/catman and
S> /var/catman/X11R6.

% ls -l /var/catman/index.db
-rw-r--r--   1 man      root       335872 Apr 26 13:11 /var/catman/index.db
% ls -l /var/catman/X11R6/index.db
-rw-r--r--   1 man      root       315392 Apr 26 13:12 /var/catman/X11R6/index.db

Is it possible that the link from /usr/X11 to /usr/X11R6 is confusing
it?  Seems unlikely.  This problem's not that serious, just annoying,
man -k works, I just have to put up with the warnings at the end.

S> Beyond that, I'd have to download the source for mandb and look at
S> what it's doing.

OK.

Thanks
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Rob