TheOldFellow wrote:
> I note (with some ire!) that the profile.d snippet in the latest Java
> instructions includes the line:
>
> pathappend ${JAVA_HOME}/man MANPATH
>
> This completely screws setting the MANPATH using /etc/man.conf, as
> normally setup by an LFS installation. Setting any MANPATH envar, as
> Jeremy Utley pointed out to me in another place, masks the
> /etc/man.conf's MANPATH setting.
>
> The correct (better, other...) way to do this is to uncomment
>
> MANPATH /opt/*/man
>
> in /etc/man.conf, n'est pas?
Your comments are valid and we can fix them. I don't understand why you
have some 'ire'. (Syn: Anger; passion; rage; fury.) Its not necessary.
None of the editors claim to be perfect and we appreciate it when the
mistakes we are bound to make are pointed out.
-- Bruce
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