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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 08:32:53 -0500
From: Howard Goldstein <hgoldste@bbs.mpcs.com>
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Cc: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
Subject: Re: Toasted whatis database when dpwish pages are present
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In article <Pine.BSI.3.94.970331025133.397N-100000@localhost>, you wrote:
 : On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Howard Goldstein wrote:
 : 
 : > Short of removing the dpwish (Tcl) and X man pages, is there a
 : > "blessed" way to remove them from the whatis database?
 : > 
 : > Something about these two series of pages isn't understood by
 : > makewhatis, resulting in some very ugly apropos queries.
 : 
 : It should cycle out every week when the whatis database is rebuilt.
 : 

I cut my own throat with my original posting, the X pages are fine.  
It appears the dp_wish pages only are affected (dp_address(n) for ex).
Looks like a job for submit-pr.

(thanks for your guidance re XF86 and 2.2.1R)