Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 18:03:03 -0500 From: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> To: "Matti J. Karki" <mjk@iki.fi> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: need help troubleshooting man Message-ID: <200608021803.04152.freebsd@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <1b15366e0608020314y1d54a12fv77b066c0a8bbe020@mail.gmail.com> References: <45035.167.246.36.14.1154463714.squirrel@webmail.dfwlp.org> <1b15366e0608020314y1d54a12fv77b066c0a8bbe020@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wednesday 02 August 2006 05:14, Matti J. Karki wrote: > On 8/1/06, Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> wrote: > > i remember a thread from a few weeks back, that i followed closely, but > > was never able to resolve my issue as the original poster did. i have a > > 6.1-STABLE system that the bulk of my mans to not work, but some that are > > recently installed from ports are working. can someone guide me thru > > trouble shooting this issue? > > I managed to get this kind of situation by installing first the > "minimal set" (or "distribution") and then installing everything else > from the ports. The minimal installation set does not have man pages. > To get small - but fully functional - installation, I had to install > the "User set", which contains the required binaries and all relevant > documentation files. Maybe re-running the sysinstall and selecting > appropriate distribution set could help? > > > -Matti well, i thought about that for a moment, and i wasnt able to come to any real conclusion. 1) i have only one box that is running STABLE, and its my x/kde workstation. this is also my only computer with half-broken man pages. 2) i have several production and development servers (no desktops), and they are all RELENG. all my releng boxes have working man pages. what do i need to check between my working releng and my stable workstation to find the difference in why the stable has broken mans? tia, jonathan
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