Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 17:10:02 -0800 (PST) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/34832: /usr/share/man/cat3/setkey.3.gz linked to crypt.3.gz, not cipher.3.gz Message-ID: <200202120110.g1C1A2m35257@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/34832; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: Alan Eldridge <alane@geeksrus.net>
Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/34832: /usr/share/man/cat3/setkey.3.gz linked to crypt.3.gz, not cipher.3.gz
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 17:02:50 -0800
On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 04:00:02PM -0800, Alan Eldridge wrote:
[snip]
> > # find /usr/share/man/cat* -type f -delete
> > # echo /usr/bin/catman | su -m man
> >
> >It takes a few minutes, but it is a one time cost.
>
> Ah...now is there a way to say "find all files that are dupes
> of each other and (hard-or-sym) link 'em together"?
>
> From "man catman":
>
> BUGS
> man(1) is a setuid program. Be careful that user `man' has write permis-
> sions to the catman directories. Catman does not check for any `.so' in
> man page sources. Use hard or symlinks to avoid redundant formatted man
> pages.
>
> I presume this means that it *doesn't* use hard or symlinks on its own.
I'm a bit confused by that BUGS section too. catman(1) _does_ do links
properly. Run,
# echo /usr/bin/catman -p -v | su -m man
To see what it will do. I _think_ the BUGS section is saying to link
or symlink your _manpages._ That's how catman(1) knows when to link
rather than reprocess.
--
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| cjclark@jhu.edu
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