From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 31 22:39:07 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A574216A419 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:39:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd08@dfwlp.com) Received: from pollux.dfwlp.com (rrcs-64-183-212-244.sw.biz.rr.com [64.183.212.244]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FA9313C44B for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:39:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd08@dfwlp.com) Received: from athena.dfwlp.com (athena.dfwlp.com [192.168.125.82]) (authenticated bits=0) by pollux.dfwlp.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id lBVMd4AF031903 for ; Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:39:04 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from freebsd08@dfwlp.com) From: Jonathan Horne To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:39:02 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <80f4f2b20712310641k4649c0bbi99363c7be47655c2@mail.gmail.com> <20071231095507.0234630e.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <80f4f2b20712311153h354d259cxf8644bcbb2d26b58@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20712311153h354d259cxf8644bcbb2d26b58@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200712311639.03616.freebsd08@dfwlp.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on pollux.dfwlp.com Subject: Re: I installed FreeBSD, but managed to completely fail at getting the man pages installed. X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:39:07 -0000 On Monday 31 December 2007 01:53:15 pm Jim Stapleton wrote: > Thanks. I feel stupid now (through my own stupidity and not the fault > of anyone here but me). > > I should have looked at that before. I have always done a minimal > install of FreeBSD (well, for 6.1 and 6.2, didn't use FreeBSD before > that), and have not had any problems getting the man pages before. Is > this new, or is my memory going/gone? > > -Jim > the man pages all magically appear after a buildworld and upgrade, so you probably just never noticed in the past. i only do minimal installs too, and a while back, i remember i had the same issue. i had some systems with man pages, and some systems without. took me a bit to figure out that the ones that had them, were all updated, and the ones without, were all 'fresh' RELEASE installs. cheers, -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org freebsd@dfwlp.com