Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 12:23:43 -0500 From: parv <parv_fm@emailgroups.net> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /usr/share/man - Rules for showing/gernerating manual pages Message-ID: <20030326172343.GA32486@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20030325233934.GD2387@gothmog.gr> References: <20030325194800.GA60649@moo.holy.cow> <20030325233934.GD2387@gothmog.gr>
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in message <20030325233934.GD2387@gothmog.gr>, wrote Giorgos Keramidas thusly... > > On 2003-03-25 14:48, parv <parv_fm@emailgroups.net> wrote: > > Could somebody tell me what are the rules for showing/generating man > > pages in (man|cat)? directories (in /usr/share/man)? > > > > Manpages are an integral part of the program source for many of the > base system utilities. That is good to know (that all man pages reside _at_least_ in /usr/share/man/man? directories). > But you can safely delete (or simply move away) the existing > /usr/share directory right before `make installworld'... > > # cd /usr > # mv share share.old > # mtree -deU < /etc/mtree/BSD.usr.dist > > and then run `make installworld' in /usr/src. After installworld > finishes successfully, you can delete share.old. Giorgos, i would that the next time; thanks. Having said that, i was hoping for something like the following (for FreeBSD)... http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=2d543m%24n30%40mail.boku.ac.at - parv --
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