Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 08:29:14 -0500 From: mpd <mpd6334@cs.rit.edu> To: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i386 man pages ignored by whatis Message-ID: <20020326082914.A7546@rochester.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <20020326235314.B300@welearn.com.au>; from sue@welearn.com.au on Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 11:53:14PM %2B1100 References: <20020326235314.B300@welearn.com.au>
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On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 11:53:14PM +1100, Sue Blake wrote: > It looks like the man pages that are under the i386 subdirectories > are not getting picked up by whatis. > > This is on a 4.4R box. I see similar problems with other man pages > that live under i386 subdirectories. The FreeBSD man page search > page tells me fibbers about them too. > > What is the simple and tidy fix? This could be a long shot, but are those directories in root's manpath? Sounds like makewhatis.local isn't picking up those directories during its weekly run. > > > Demo: > > $ locate spkr.4.gz > /usr/share/man/man4/i386/spkr.4.gz > > $ man spkr > SPKR(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual (i386 Architecture) SPKR(4) > > NAME > speaker, spkr - console speaker device driver > > SYNOPSIS > pseudo-device speaker > #include <machine/speaker.h> > > DESCRIPTION > The speaker device driver allows applications to control the PC console > speaker on an IBM-PC--compatible machine running FreeBSD. > > [... rest of man page is displayed ...] > > $ apropos spkr > spkrtest(8) - test script for the speaker driver > > $ man -k 4 spkr > spkrtest(8) - test script for the speaker driver > > $ whatis spkr > spkr: nothing appropriate > > $ whatis speaker > spkrtest(8) - test script for the speaker driver > > > -- > > Regards, > -*Sue*- > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- ___________________________________________________________ "MY CARD SAYS 'GAMEIS OVER. YOU WIN.'" - Little Girl from "MY FAVORITE BOARD GAME" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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