Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 07:23:03 -0600 From: Paul Keusemann <pkeusem@visi.com> To: dgilbert@interlog.com Cc: "freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org" <freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: man page difficulties in FreeBSD 9 Message-ID: <4F157637.502@visi.com> In-Reply-To: <4F150368.4040802@interlog.com> References: <4F150368.4040802@interlog.com>
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On 01/16/12 23:13, Douglas Gilbert wrote: > While testing my SCSI packages with FreeBSD 9 (e.g. sg3_utils > and smp_utils), the man pages have gone missing. > > Using a standard "./configure ; make ; make install" everything > is placed in /usr/local as that seems to be the BSD way. The > executables are found in the /usr/local/bin directory but the > man pages go into the /usr/local/share/man directory which may as > well be a black hole since /usr/local/share/man is not on the > standard manpath. > > There are lots of possible hacks to make this work, for example: > ./configure --mandir=/usr/local > but that is ugly. My temporary solution is to add this file: > # cat /usr/local/etc/man.d/expletive.conf > MANPATH /usr/local/share/man You could also add an OPTIONAL_MANPATH entry to /etc/manpath.config, assuming you are using the manpath command to set your MANPATH. Just make sure you unset the MANPATH environment variable before running the manpath command. > > Can't remember this happening in FreeBSD 8. > > Doug Gilbert > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-scsi > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-scsi-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Paul Keusemann pkeusem@visi.com 4266 Joppa Court (952) 894-7805 Savage, MN 55378
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