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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To: Dan Moschuk <dan@trinsec.com>
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Subject: Re: whereis broken? 
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On Sun, 25 Jul 1999 14:12:53 -0400, Dan Moschuk wrote:

> whereis anything yields..
> 
> Warning: couldn't stat file /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00502/man!

Staleness. Unfortunately, the whereis(1) manpage doesn't tell you to
look at the manpath(1) manpage. Do so now and you'll see that you should
check your /etc/manpath.config and your $MANPATH environment variable.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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