................Sat 27.Jul'13 at 13:29:01 +0200, Ingo Schwarze................ > Hi, > > James Griffin wrote on Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 10:10:26AM +0100: > > > I am using the fvwm2 package on OpenBSD -current. After I upgrade > > to a snapshot on 22 July 2013, /etc/man.conf was changed by > > sysmerge(8). > > Yes, that's expected. > > > Since then, man pages for fvwm2 are not shown by > > default; instead I get the man pages for the base fvwm version 1, > > unless it is a man page that doesn't exist for version and then I > > get the version 2 man page. > > Yes, that's expected. > > > It's a trivial thing, so sorry for that. I just wondered, is it > > simply a case of altering /etc/man.conf? > > Yes, feel free to edit /etc/man.conf to suit your preferences. > > > When I installed the current > > fvwm2 package it wasn't necessary to alter that file as the correct > > man pages were shown automatically. > > Yes, in the past, with the default man.conf file, preformatted ports > manuals coincidentally took precedence over base systems manuals > in the same section. > I didn't like that and changed that on purpose such that now, > with the new default man.conf file, all base systems manuals take > precedence over all ports manuals in the same section. > > When i proposed that change, it met no opposition from other developers, > but some support. > > > Thanks in advance should anyone be able to shed some light or help, > > etc.. > > You can also use various options of the man(1) utility if you like, > for example > > $ man -a foo > $ man -M /usr/local/man foo > > Yours, > Ingo >
Thanks for explaining. I just need to update my fvwm config file to use an appropriate man(1) option, then. Jamie. -- James Griffin: jmz at kontrol.kode5.net A4B9 E875 A18C 6E11 F46D B788 BEE6 1251 1D31 DC38
