On Sat, Feb 21, 1998 at 09:42:59AM -0500, Daniel Martin at cush wrote: > > MANPATH_MAP /usr/local/qt/bin /usr/local/qt/man > to /etc/manpath.config is a better solution. >
Correct. > To the list: does anyone know if manpath actually examines anything > but the path? The man page claims that it looks also at the current > directory and the user's environment, but I don't see the effect. > The search in the current directory was removed in May 97 because it wasn't so much usefull (you have different ways to get it) while had very bad consequences on read only filesystems or nfs mounted. I have now updated the manpage of manpath(1) . The PATH scan still works, adding the man hierarchies that exists *under* the dirs listed in PATH. Fabrizio -- | [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Líder Minimo del Pluto - Debian Developer & Happy Debian User | 6F7267F5 fingerprint 57 16 C4 ED C9 86 40 7B 1A 69 A1 66 EC FB D2 5E > more than 34 months are needed to get rid of the millennium. [me] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
