Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 01:39:34 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: parv <parv_fm@emailgroups.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: /usr/share/man - Rules for showing/gernerating manual pages Message-ID: <20030325233934.GD2387@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <20030325194800.GA60649@moo.holy.cow> References: <20030325194800.GA60649@moo.holy.cow>
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On 2003-03-25 14:48, parv <parv_fm@emailgroups.net> wrote: > Could somebody tell me what are the rules for showing/generating man > pages in (man|cat)? directories (in /usr/share/man)? > > Given that i upgrade from source, are some of the man pages in > /usr/share/man available only pre-formatted (in cat? directories not > in man?)? > > (I am cleaning up /usr, so i want to throw out the rotten things.) Manpages are an integral part of the program source for many of the base system utilities. Therefore, it's difficult to run just `one' command and have all the manpages that `installworld' gives you. But you can safely delete (or simply move away) the existing /usr/share directory right before `make installworld'... Try this: # cd /usr # mv share share.old # mtree -deU < /etc/mtree/BSD.usr.dist and then run `make installworld' in /usr/src. After installworld finishes successfully, you can delete share.old. It's no longer needed (unless you have manually installed stuff in there). :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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