tags 413349 fixed-upstream
thanks
On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 02:12:45PM +0100, Tomas Pospisek wrote:
> Package: man-db
> Version: 2.4.3-5
> Severity: minor
>
> There's no debian package that puts man pages under /usr/X11R6/man any
> more, therefore it seems to be futile and a waste of computer ressources
> to go searching /usr/X11R6/man et al. Please remove it from man-db:
[...]
> I've checked the FHS 2.3 and it only says that:
>
> "Manual pages for X11R6 are stored in /usr/X11R6/man", so a patch that
> removes any reference to /usr/X11R6/man from the man pages would
> probably not be accepted upstream and would have to be maintained for
> Debian for the medium term...
(Note that I am upstream.)
I agree that it makes sense for /usr/X11R6/man no longer to be a
mandatory directory, and have removed that upstream:
Mon Mar 5 10:02:01 GMT 2007 Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* src/man_db.conf.in (MANDATORY_MANPATH): Remove /usr/X11R6/man
(Debian bug #413349).
I've retained the mapping from /usr/X11R6/bin (and /usr/bin/X11) to
/usr/X11R6/bin (so if you actually want man-db to stop searching
/usr/X11R6/man you will further need to ensure that those aren't in your
PATH); I think that deserves to be retained for the benefit of people
with third-party software installed into /usr/X11R6. I've also retained
the references in the manual pages, as they're just examples of how
man-db works and it's useful to be able to discuss a second significant
manual hierarchy beyond just /usr/share/man.
Cheers,
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Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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