Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 01:40:32 -0800 (PST) From: marcs@znep.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: conf/8587: login.conf should not set manpath Message-ID: <199811070940.BAA18272@alive.znep.com>
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>Number: 8587 >Category: conf >Synopsis: login.conf should not set manpath >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Nov 7 01:50:00 PST 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Marc Slemko >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386 >Environment: FreeBSD alive.znep.com 3.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #0: Fri Nov 6 23:10:01 PST 1998 marcs@alive.znep.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/ALIVE i386 Appears to have been around for a long time, possibly even before login.conf. >Description: login.conf sets a manpath. The default manpath doesn't include /usr/X11R6/man, so things don't work right. I shouldn't have to mess with activating a special class just for X users, etc. >How-To-Repeat: marcs@alive:~$ echo $MANPATH /usr/share/man:/usr/local/man marcs@alive:~$ man xrdb No manual entry for xrdb marcs@alive:~$ unset MANPATH marcs@alive:~$ man xrdb (now it works right) >Fix: Remove the manpath setting from /etc/login.conf. Then man will use the manpath program to figure out the manpath, which actually uses the manpath.config file, etc. Let manpath do its job. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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