> Well, I hate that packages that install man pages > don't bother to run catman -w -M $dir > on the directory (and again when they're removed). >
This was always viewed as a performance problem. Maybe it should be revisited but the objection was that if each man page package ran catman -w the full install of Solaris could be seriously delayed. > And I'm getting tired of /usr/bin/awk, /usr/bin/nawk, > and even /usr/xpg4/bin/awk. > Once again, I run into their stupid limits. Even the > xpg4 one, that is at least more generous > than the other two, choked (it's called from > /usr/lib/makewhatis). > > # catman -w -M /usr/share/man > awk: line 3 (NR=5115): Record too long (LIMIT: 19999 > bytes) > I've never seen this in the catman testing that I've done so I wonder what is in the /usr/share/man that is generating this overflow? -- Dennis A. Evans, pubstool2 Publication Tools Sun Microsystems, Inc. dennis.evans at sun.com 4150 Network Circle, MS MPK17-101 650 786-5451 Santa Clara, CA 95054 650 786-5723 fax This message posted from opensolaris.org
