Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/man/manpath manpath.config

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Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
Date
12 Aug 1999 01:21:17
Subject
Re: cvs commit: src/gnu/usr.bin/man/manpath manpath.config
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> writes:

> Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> > Log:
> > MFC: revision 1.11
> > /usr/local is not mandatory, remove it from MANDATORY_MANPATH.
>
> No! The correct fix is to make manpath just ignore inexistent
> directories instead of bitching about them.

Actually, the correct fix is to do nothing, since the manpath()
function already ignores the error if called with an argument of 0,
which happens when it is called by man, or if you give the -q option
to manpath. Please back this out in -CURRENT and -STABLE. It makes it
unnecessarily difficult for (new) users to find their man pages.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no


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