From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 13 07:59:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB6B516A4E7 for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 07:59:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A95D743D5A for ; Thu, 13 Jul 2006 07:59:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from [172.16.3.238] (gateway.ash.thebunker.net [213.129.64.4]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6D7wtJH089107 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:58:59 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Message-ID: <44B5FD39.7020505@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:58:49 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Christensen References: <007701c6a63c$9bab2110$0a10a8c0@holgerdanske.local> In-Reply-To: <007701c6a63c$9bab2110$0a10a8c0@holgerdanske.local> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-ripemd160; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig5720DA9F58C692765AA43AF5" X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162]); Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:58:59 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88.3/1596/Thu Jul 13 06:13:25 2006 on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.5 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.1-RELEASE-i386 man broken? 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: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 07:59:11 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig5720DA9F58C692765AA43AF5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable David Christensen wrote: > hello, world! >=20 > I'm a FreeBSD newbie who has installed FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-i386 using > the "developer with X" option. "man" doesn't seem to work: >=20 > 2006-07-12 21:59:38 root@k62350 ~ > # man man > No manual entry for man >=20 > 2006-07-12 22:12:42 root@k62350 ~ > # echo $MANPATH > :/root/local/man >=20 >=20 > The same goes for makewhatis: >=20 > 2006-07-12 22:12:47 root@k62350 ~ > # makewhatis > makewhatis: : No such file or directory > makewhatis: /root/local/man: No such file or directory >=20 >=20 > Any suggestions? What are the contents of /etc/manpath.config ? The entries in there on a= newly installed system will give the man(1) command access to all of the man pages installed in the usual locations (/usr/share/man, /usr/local/ma= n, /usr/X11R6/man) If you've got perl installed there will be a couple of ex= tra 'OPTIONAL_MANPATH' entries specially for that. You can see the ultimate result by running the 'manpath' command. The environment variable MANPATH should in general not be set, as that wi= ll override the effects of /etc/manpath.config. See the manpath(1) man page= for more information. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. Flat 3 7 Priory Courtyard PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW, UK --------------enig5720DA9F58C692765AA43AF5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEtf0+8Mjk52CukIwRA/3dAJsG3n9UiPYS+Eqj31soxTRBBrn8AgCghtBH 5A3cwmRp2B9BvWujpwK7z1o= =Fu4j -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig5720DA9F58C692765AA43AF5--