That's interesting, we could add some functionality to eb to only set MANPATH if this structure is _not_ respected. It would be good to open an issue for this in https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-framework/issues
Alan On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 at 13:34, Steen Lysgaard <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Loris, > > to deal with this I have resorted to doing: > > unset MANPATH > > After loading many Easybuild modules. > > This works since man will find the manpages for any program that has the > manpages relative to the executable like this: ../share/man. > E.g. for executable P located in $HOME/.local/bin/P the manpages will be > located at $HOME/.local/share/man/ (See: https://askubuntu.com/a/1378260) > > Of course, this is not a viable solution for software that is not laid out > in this fashion. > > Best regards, > Steen > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > on behalf of Loris Bennett <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 8:58:13 AM > To: easybuild > Subject: [easybuild] [man v2.6.3] manpath list too long > > Hi, > > On CentOS 7.9, the version of 'man' is 2.6.3. This version seems to > have a limit of 50 directories for MANPATH. If this is exceeded, which > sometimes happens with EasyBuild, 'man' will produce the error > > man: manpath list too long > > Versions 2.9.3 (AlmaLinux 9.1) and 2.9.4 (Debian 11) don't have this > limitation (or the limit is higher). > > Often (usually?) users are mainly interested in the man page for the > program they have loaded explicitly via 'module add' and less in that > for, say, 'binutils'. > > Does anyone know of a workaround for this issue? > > Cheers, > > Loris > > -- > Dr. Loris Bennett (Herr/Mr) > ZEDAT, Freie Universität Berlin >
