Am Samstag 28 Februar 2009 22:39:26 schrieb Roland Smith:
> On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 10:08:45PM +0100, Frank Wißmann wrote:
> > Am Samstag 28 Februar 2009 21:42:35 schrieb Roland Smith:
> > > On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 07:49:16PM +0100, Frank Wißmann wrote:
> > > > Hi, list!
> > > > I have a problem using the above mentioned programs because
> > > > there doesn't seem to be a manpage installed. Can anybody give
> > > > me a clue on how to get help?
> > >
> > > Both do have manpages. What kind of error do you get when you try
> > > e.g. 'man portmaster'? It might be that your manual pages setup
> > > is broken.
> >
> > I get the message "No manual entry for portmaster", but using your
> > command I can read it. "man man" e. g. works perfectly.
>
> That sounds to me that the configuration for the man command is
> broken. If you give the 'manpath' command, does the output include
> /usr/local/man? If not, add the following lines to
> /etc/manpath.config:
>
> OPTIONAL_MANPATH        /usr/local/man
> MANPATH_MAP     /usr/local/bin          /usr/local/man
>
> Roland

"manpath" does show correct settings AFAIK meaning that the answer to 
your question is "yes".

Frank

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