Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:06:12 +0930 From: Wayne Sierke <ws@au.dyndns.ws> To: Steven Friedrich <FreeBSD@insightbb.com> Cc: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: apropos returning same item twice Message-ID: <1284874572.20540.1746.camel@predator-ii.buffyverse> In-Reply-To: <201009171218.38065.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> References: <201009111442.49114.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> <201009151827.04122.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> <1284624764.20540.650.camel@predator-ii.buffyverse> <201009171218.38065.FreeBSD@insightbb.com>
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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 -- Wayne
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