> > What typically is in the instructions (however, I
> notice it is
> > absent in the JDK instructions, but it is in my
> build script) is
> > you just adjust your MANPATH environment variable
> or tweak
> > /etc/man.conf.
> >
> > This should probably be put in bugzilla so it is
> not forgotten.
> >
>
> No actually, this was brought up a few months ago,
> and the broken
> command (that seemed to still work) was removed,
> because of a pretty
> cool little feature with the new man package. Check
> this comment in
> man.conf:
>
> # Set up PATH to MANPATH mapping
> #
> # If people ask for "man foo" and have
> "/dir/bin/foo" in their PATH
> # and the docs are found in "/dir/man", then no
> mapping is required.
>
> With the new behavior, well not so new anymore, I'd
> guess that there is
> no need to do anything with most packages that are
> installed in their
> own prefix if the bin dir is put into the PATH
> variable.
>
> -- DJ Lucas
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I've never noticed this information, but you're right
(I just test it), and it's quite very interesting.
Thanks a lot.
To simply add a remark, in BLFS, "Going beyond BLFS",
perhaps the line "Add $PREFIX/man to /etc/man.conf or
expand MANPATH" is unuseful. But it's just a little
detail.
Thanks again
G. Moko
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