Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 12:57:18 -0400 From: Steven Friedrich <FreeBSD@insightbb.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: apropos returning same item twice Message-ID: <201009261257.18970.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> In-Reply-To: <1284874572.20540.1746.camel@predator-ii.buffyverse> References: <201009111442.49114.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> <201009171218.38065.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> <1284874572.20540.1746.camel@predator-ii.buffyverse>
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On Sunday 19 September 2010 1:36:12 am Wayne Sierke wrote: > On Fri, 2010-09-17 at 12:18 -0400, Steven Friedrich wrote: > > On Thursday 16 September 2010 4:12:44 am Wayne Sierke wrote: > > > On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 18:27 -0400, Steven Friedrich wrote: > > > > On Wednesday 15 September 2010 12:39:15 pm Wayne Sierke wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 2010-09-14 at 00:37 +0000, Alexander Best wrote: > > > > > > On Sat Sep 11 10, Steven Friedrich wrote: > > > > > > > Why does apropos list mysql(1) twice? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It doesn't return duplicates with apropos kde... > > > > > > > > > > > > maybe you have a gzip'ed and plain version in /usr ? > > > > > > > > > > > > see PR #4419. > > > > > > > > > > > > cheers. > > > > > > alex > > > > > > > > > > Are you certain that /etc/manpath.config doesn't just still > > > > > have /usr/X11R6/man configured (as well as /usr/local/man)? > > > > > Admittedly the kde issue is a mystery, assuming its manpages are > > > > > installed in /usr/local/man. This system has the following: > > > > > > > > > > OPTIONAL_MANPATH /usr/local/man > > > > > # (disabled by xorg-libraries port) OPTIONAL_MANPATH /usr/X11R6/man > > > > > > > > > > MANPATH_MAP /usr/local/bin /usr/local/man > > > > > # (disabled by xorg-libraries port) > > > > > MANPATH_MAP /usr/X11R6/bin /usr/X11R6/man > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is the whatis file being updated? Check the timestamp: > > > > > > > > > > # ls -l /usr/local/man/whatis > > > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 273178 Sep 11 04:22 > > > > > /usr/local/man/whatis > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Wayne > > > > > > > > > > > > admin@laptop2(/dev/pts/1)/usr/home/admin 106% apropos mysql > > > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > > > > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > > > I still have X11R6 in usr symlinked to /usr/local. This was done per > > > > entry 20070519 in /usr/ports/UPDATING. > > > > > > > > Do we still need this symlink? > > > > > > Yes, anything that references /usr/X11R6 gets directed to /usr/local. > > > > Well I temporarily removed it and this anomaly disappeared. Perhaps we > > just have to suffer until we know the symlink can be removed. I thought > > it was going to eventually be removed... > > > > > Did you check /etc/manpath.config and the timestamp > > > on /usr/local/man/whatis? > > > > grep -v '^#' manpath.config > > MANDATORY_MANPATH /usr/share/man > > MANDATORY_MANPATH /usr/share/openssl/man > > OPTIONAL_MANPATH /usr/local/man > > MANPATH_MAP /bin /usr/share/man > > MANPATH_MAP /usr/bin /usr/share/man > > MANPATH_MAP /usr/local/bin /usr/local/man > > OPTIONAL_MANPATH /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.12.2/man > > OPTIONAL_MANPATH /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.12.2/perl/man > > > > > Another check is that the output of manpath(1) doesn't > > > include /usr/X11R6/man. > > > > manpath > > /usr/share/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/local/kde4/man:/usr/share/openssl/man: > > /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.12.2/man:/usr/local/lib/perl5/5.12.2/perl/man > > Ok. There's also: > > %man -a -w mysql > > to see the origins of the multiple man pages, although it seems that you > may have already confirmed the /usr/X11R6 path connection. > > >From what you've presented so far I'd say it's looking like a problem > > with updating of the "whatis" db files. So to verify whether the weekly > periodic "makewhatis" is being run:- > - check the timestamp on /usr/local/man/whatis - it shouldn't be more > than a week old > - check that the "weekly run output" report lists "Rebuilding whatis > database:" and that it doesn't list any errors, e.g.: > > Rebuilding whatis database: > > -- End of weekly output -- I also tried, as root in a text console (not in X), makewhatis `manpath` and it complained that it already visited /usr/X11R6/man, but the duplicates still appear. -- System Name: laptop2.StevenFriedrich.org Hardware: 2.80GHz Intel Pentium 4 (HTT) with 2 GB memory OS version: FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE i386 (6.9 MB kernel) manager(s): kde4-4.5.1 X windows: xorg-7.5 X.Org X Server 1.7.5
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