On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 09:37:19AM -0700, Paul Mackinney wrote: > At the last update of the man package, I elected to install the new > version of /etc/manpath config. The only customization I'd made was to > add the man pages for my java installation, and I was OK with losing > it. But now every time I run man, I get the following errors: > > mandb: can't chmod /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/man/index.db: \ > Operation not permitted > mandb: can't remove /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/man/index.db: \ > Permission denied > mandb: warning: can't update index cache \ > /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/man/index.db: Permission denied > mandb: No databases created.
That's a filed bug which I'll look at soon (I hope, time permitting). > This is sort of understandable because the manpath command still shows > the java man directory > > $ manpath > /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/X11R6/man > > But I don't understand why since manpath.config doesn't list it and my > MANPATH variable is not set. A default MANPATH is inferred from your PATH if it isn't explicitly set. > I've run mandb (without errors) and read most of the man-related docs, > but I don't understand what's going on. How can I get manpath to drop > the java man directory? As a workaround until the bug is fixed, you could set an explicit MANPATH not including /usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/man. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
