Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 17:19:01 -0800 From: "Simon J. Gerraty" <sjg@juniper.net> To: <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: <freebsd-doc@freebsd.org>, <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, <sjg@juniper.net> Subject: Re: MANPATH not handled correctly Message-ID: <78804.1484011141@kaos.jnpr.net> In-Reply-To: <20170108192633.GA42537@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <20170108192633.GA42537@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:
> MANPATH is not handled correctly. According to the documentation
> in apropos(1) and whatis(1):
Can you clarify where you are seeing this documentation?
I don't see it in 7.x 10.x or current.
Eg, in 10.2 apropos(1) says only:
ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variables affect the execution of
apropos:
MANLOCALES, MANPATH, PATH
Used to find the location of the whatis database
files. See manpath(1) for additional information.
PAGER Program used to display files. If unset, more -s is used.
>
> MANPATH The standard search path used by man(1) may be changed by
> specifying a path in the MANPATH environment variable. Invalid
> paths, or paths without manual databases, are ignored.
> Overridden by -M. If MANPATH begins with a colon, it is
> appended to the default list; if it ends with a colon, it is
> prepended to the default list; or if it contains two adjacent
> colons, the standard search path is inserted between the
> colons. If none of these conditions are met, it overrides the
> standard search path.
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