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Date:      Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:39:26 +0100
From:      Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
To:        Frank =?iso-8859-15?Q?Wi=DFmann?= <frank.wissmann41@web.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to use portmanager/portmaster?
Message-ID:  <20090228213926.GA16933@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <200902282208.45359.frank.wissmann41@web.de>
References:  <200902281949.16966.frank.wissmann41@web.de> <20090228204235.GA15141@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <200902282208.45359.frank.wissmann41@web.de>

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On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 10:08:45PM +0100, Frank Wi=DFmann wrote:
> Am Samstag 28 Februar 2009 21:42:35 schrieb Roland Smith:
> > On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 07:49:16PM +0100, Frank Wi=DFmann wrote:
> > > Hi, list!
> > > I have a problem using the above mentioned programs because there
> > > doesn't seem to be a manpage installed. Can anybody give me a clue
> > > on how to get help?
> >
> > Both do have manpages. What kind of error do you get when you try
> > e.g. 'man portmaster'? It might be that your manual pages setup is
> > broken.
> I get the message "No manual entry for portmaster", but using your=20
> command I can read it. "man man" e. g. works perfectly.

That sounds to me that the configuration for the man command is
broken. If you give the 'manpath' command, does the output include
/usr/local/man? If not, add the following lines to /etc/manpath.config:

OPTIONAL_MANPATH        /usr/local/man
MANPATH_MAP     /usr/local/bin          /usr/local/man

Roland
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