Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 17:57:13 +0400 From: Anonymous <swell.k@gmail.com> To: Gordon Tetlow <gordon@tetlows.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> Subject: Re: CFR: Replace man/manpath/whatis/apropos with a shell script Message-ID: <86r5h0peme.fsf@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <766041FD-DAE2-484A-AA8F-60DA99A86B9C@lassitu.de> (Stefan Bethke's message of "Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:41:25 %2B0200") References: <AANLkTi=d1RqZhkJJ94DioZkBq3Pq5vrj0kxBSgdW%2BUUo@mail.gmail.com> <86d3smb83g.fsf@gmail.com> <AANLkTikb%2B1aPG=awvhdKz=6q4p238TWHSORbu5j69L0D@mail.gmail.com> <766041FD-DAE2-484A-AA8F-60DA99A86B9C@lassitu.de>
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Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> writes: > 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: >> >>> Gordon Tetlow <gordon@tetlows.org> writes: >>> >>>> 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). >>> >>> Hmm, and if LOCALBASE != /usr/local? hier(7) does not specify /usr/local >>> as the only place installed packages may reside in, only default one. >>> >> >> 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 Nah, don't bring make(1) dependency. The user may have WITHOUT_MAKE in his src.conf. So, just use LOCALBASE from environment if it's defined. >> 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 How about let user control search_path behaviour? PATH_MAN_SUB bin/../man PATH_MAN_SUB bin/../.man # e.g. for ~/.bin + ~/.man PATH_MAN_SUB /usr/bin/../share/man PATH_CONF_SUB bin/../etc/man.d It's a bit more flexible than MANPATH_MAP ever was. BTW, if you care about aesthetics ../../../../ can be eleminated with realpath(1). >> 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? This'll work, too. I already have to set a bunch of variables in rc.conf because rc.d avoids LOCALBASE as some kind of curse. While environ(7) exist just for that, make using non-default configuration more easy.
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