[lug] man pages RH 7.2

[D. Stimits]

Gary Hodges wrote:
> 
> "D. Stimits" wrote:
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> > Gary Hodges wrote:
> > >
> > > "D. Stimits" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Gary Hodges wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a new install of RH 7.2, and I don't have any man pages.  I
> > > > > suppose a link(s) are missing for some reason, but I'm not sure where to
> > > > > look.  The man pages are there, I just can't access them with man.
> > > >
> > > > Try the command "manpath". See what your path is. Assuming the path is
> > > > ok, try as root, see if maybe it is just a permissions problem. Try to
> > > > cd with a non-root user to the directory of a man page.
> > >
> > > The result of manpath is /usr/man .  When I look in /usr/man that are two
> > > directories (man1 and man3) that each contain man pages of apps I have loaded
> > > since the initial install.  All the man pages are located /usr/share/man .
> > > Should I move the contents of the /usr/man pages to /usr/share/man and then
> > > create links to /usr/share/man , or maybe it would just be easier to change
> > > my manpath.
> >
> > The /usr/share/ stuff is the "modern" accepted directory, or
> > /usr/local/share/, for a lot of things. Add extra directories beyond
> > what you now have by editing /etc/man.config. I recommend making sure it
> > searches (as a minimum):
> > /usr/share/man
> > /usr/local/man
> > /usr/X11R6/man
> > /usr/man
> > /usr/lib/perl5/man
> > (possibly /usr/local/share/man)
> 
> Hmmm.  The following is already in my man.config file:
> 
> MANPATH /usr/share/man
> MANPATH /usr/X11R6/man
> MANPATH /usr/local/man
> MANPATH /usr/kerberos/man
> MANPATH /usr/lib/perl5/man
> MANPATH /usr/man

Is the file /etc/man.config readable by all users? See if a regular user
can "cat /etc/man.config". If it can, you might need to run man with
"strace -oman.log man whatever", then view man.log. Most of the time you
see a series of default paths and files being checked, often they don't
exist and this is expected. But near the end, you'll see some failure
that is not expected.

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

> 
> I've just tried putting all the paths on one line, but that didn't make any
> difference.  I also checked out the manpath man page by running it directly, but
> wasn't able to glean anything from that other than use MANPATH to set the
> path(s).  If I run
> "man -M /usr/share/man man" for example, I get the man manpage.  I have no idea
> why, but for some reason the MANPATH in man.config isn't working for me.
> 
> Cheers,
> Gary
> 
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