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Date:      Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:41:11 +1000
From:      Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to use portmanager/portmaster?
Message-ID:  <1236080471.99160.1.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <200902282333.01134.frank.wissmann41@web.de>
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On Sat, 2009-02-28 at 23:33 +0100, Frank Wißmann wrote:
> Am Samstag 28 Februar 2009 22:39:26 schrieb Roland Smith:
> > On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 10:08:45PM +0100, Frank Wißmann wrote:
> > > Am Samstag 28 Februar 2009 21:42:35 schrieb Roland Smith:
> > > > On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 07:49:16PM +0100, Frank Wißmann 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
> > > 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
> 
> "manpath" does show correct settings AFAIK meaning that the answer to 
> your question is "yes".
> 
> Frank
> 

Try a rehash.

$ rehash




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