On 12/19/06, Rick Shelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > since installing gcc-3 i've been getting weird messages with the man command. > for example... > > $ man sysctl > mandb: can't chmod /opt/gcc-3.3.6/man/index.bt: No such file or directory > mandb: warning: can't update index cache /opt/gcc-3.3.6/man/index.bt: > No such file or directory > mandb: No databases updated. > Reformatting sysctl(8), please wait...
man-db will automatically add another path for manpages if it finds them in certain places, like /opt/*/man. But it needs to initialize a database there. Try this: mandb -c /opt/gcc-3.3.6/man -- Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
