From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 2 23:03:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3EF516A4DE for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 23:03:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from zeus.dfwlp.com (zeus.dfwlp.com [208.11.134.127]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 926C643D46 for ; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 23:03:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) Received: from athena.dfwlp.com (athena.dfwlp.com [192.168.125.83]) (authenticated bits=0) by zeus.dfwlp.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k72N343Z046512; Wed, 2 Aug 2006 18:03:04 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from freebsd@dfwlp.com) From: Jonathan Horne To: "Matti J. Karki" Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 18:03:03 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.3 References: <45035.167.246.36.14.1154463714.squirrel@webmail.dfwlp.org> <1b15366e0608020314y1d54a12fv77b066c0a8bbe020@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1b15366e0608020314y1d54a12fv77b066c0a8bbe020@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200608021803.04152.freebsd@dfwlp.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on zeus.dfwlp.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: need help troubleshooting man X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 23:03:07 -0000 On Wednesday 02 August 2006 05:14, Matti J. Karki wrote: > On 8/1/06, Jonathan Horne wrote: > > i remember a thread from a few weeks back, that i followed closely, but > > was never able to resolve my issue as the original poster did. i have a > > 6.1-STABLE system that the bulk of my mans to not work, but some that are > > recently installed from ports are working. can someone guide me thru > > trouble shooting this issue? > > I managed to get this kind of situation by installing first the > "minimal set" (or "distribution") and then installing everything else > from the ports. The minimal installation set does not have man pages. > To get small - but fully functional - installation, I had to install > the "User set", which contains the required binaries and all relevant > documentation files. Maybe re-running the sysinstall and selecting > appropriate distribution set could help? > > > -Matti well, i thought about that for a moment, and i wasnt able to come to any real conclusion. 1) i have only one box that is running STABLE, and its my x/kde workstation. this is also my only computer with half-broken man pages. 2) i have several production and development servers (no desktops), and they are all RELENG. all my releng boxes have working man pages. what do i need to check between my working releng and my stable workstation to find the difference in why the stable has broken mans? tia, jonathan