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Date:      Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:41:25 +0200
From:      Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de>
To:        Gordon Tetlow <gordon@tetlows.org>
Cc:        Anonymous <swell.k@gmail.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CFR: Replace man/manpath/whatis/apropos with a shell script
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Am 11.09.2010 um 09:35 schrieb Gordon Tetlow:

> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Anonymous <swell.k@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
>> Gordon Tetlow <gordon@tetlows.org> writes:
>>=20
>>> 2. Imports configuration from /usr/local/etc/man.d/*.conf and
>> /etc/man.conf
>>> (purposefully changed the manpath.config file since it is a =
different
>>> syntax).
>>=20
>> Hmm, and if LOCALBASE !=3D /usr/local? hier(7) does not specify =
/usr/local
>> as the only place installed packages may reside in, only default one.
>>=20
>=20
> That variable is not easily found in shell. I'm open to suggestions on =
how
> to figure it out. I suppose I could try something like make -V =
LOCALBASE
> since it would be in /etc/make.conf if it is set. Another alternative =
would
> be to parse the PATH and look for ../etc/man.d for each path =
component. That
> would be even more generic (and allow for the user to customize it
> potentially).

Take it from /etc/man.conf, like the rc.d paths are resolved?


Stefan

--=20
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