Michael ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Thanks a lot Rick for your assistance Your welcome =) > > Actually, I figured out the solution few hours after I sent this message. > > There was a statement excludedocs=yes (or something similar) in > /etc/rpm/macros. Indeed, /etc/rpm/rpmrc is not used with Mandriva, but > /etc/rpm/macros is used instead probably with same functionality (an naybe > even same syntax) as /etc/rpm/rpmrc in a "standard" configuration. Why > "excludedoc=yes" happened to be there ? Probably because my file system > started as a copy of MandrivaOne, and later I upgraded it by installing many > extra packages. For MandrivaOne excludedocs=yes makes sense, because the > whole installation should fit a single CD. > > Now I have to reinstall quite a few packages to get the documentation, > because it looks like Mandriva installer doesn't keep original RPM-s. BTW > what is the installer's name, I would like to call it without Gnome menu. I know what you mean. I just did the same thing with Mandriva One and it worked fine. Had some files get borked on the install, binutils was one and wouldn't build the ATI driver until I re-installed the assembler. You mean the installer GUI ? it is rpmdrake. You can also use urpmi from the command line. (the wiki is not responding at the moment, it has a good page, http://mdv.vmlinuz.ca/, so try http://zarb.org/~zerodogg/RPM-HOWTO.html
> And probably a straightforward question? Which package contains man pages > for glibc (I mean standard C functions like fork, spawn, malloc, etc). > libc-devel has include files but not man pages. The package is man-pages-2.39-1mdv2007.0 Section 0 - Everything Section 1 - Commands Section 2 - System Calls Section 3 - Library Calls Section 4 - Special Files Section 5 - File Formats and Conversions Section 6 - Games for Linux Section 7 - Macro Packages and Conventions Section 8 - System Management Commands Section 9 - Kernel Routines So type man 3 malloc You can always get the latest files here: http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#man or you can read them here: http://www.linuxcommand.org/superman_pages.php > And one more question. Is there a way to read docbook files without KDE, > konquerror, or converting them into pdf ? All above mentioned have a lot of > dependencies, while I prefer something simple for gnome to read docbook > files. Sorry, can't help you here, no idea, you could google or an answer =) > Cheers > Michael HTH -- ~RickS The way to make a small fortune in the commodities market is to start with a large fortune. ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
