Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 22:40:03 -0800 (PST) From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: gnu/32954: makewhatis doesn't remove entries for nonexistent manpages by default Message-ID: <200112190640.fBJ6e3A67584@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR gnu/32954; it has been noted by GNATS. From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gnu/32954: makewhatis doesn't remove entries for nonexistent manpages by default Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 01:33:59 -0500 in message <20011218133420.B507@gohan.cjclark.org>, wrote Crist J. Clark thusly... > > On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 08:16:42PM -0500, parv_@yahoo.com wrote: > > >Description: > > > > makewhatis doesn't remove entries for nonexistent manpages by > > default. i issued this command... > > > > # cd /usr/local/man > > # makewhatis /usr/local/man > > > > in its manpage, there is no mention of the default behaviour. -v > > option would only "issue more warnings"; -a option would append to > > the database w/o checking if old entries are valid. ... > > I can't reproduce this, and I from checking the code I really can't > see how this could happen. Are you sure that you are really removing > the manpage(s) completely from /usr/local/man (i.e. if the page has > multiple links, you'd need to get all of them)? hi crist, you came late to the party. this pr had already been closed. it was my own damn fault to confuse apropos listing w/ makewhatis functioning. please see the closing remarks. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=32954 - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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