Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 13:26:03 +0300 From: "Matti J. Karki" <mjk@iki.fi> To: "Jonathan Horne" <freebsd@dfwlp.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: need help troubleshooting man Message-ID: <1b15366e0608030326w3c29a45bp69b60bc285afaa24@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200608021803.04152.freebsd@dfwlp.com> References: <45035.167.246.36.14.1154463714.squirrel@webmail.dfwlp.org> <1b15366e0608020314y1d54a12fv77b066c0a8bbe020@mail.gmail.com> <200608021803.04152.freebsd@dfwlp.com>
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On 8/3/06, Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> wrote:
> > 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?
>
Well, you could try to re-install the system manual pages (because it
seems to me that those are missing):
sysinstall -> Custom -> Choose Distributions -> Custom and check the
"man - System manual pages" distribution set.
-Matti
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