On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 10:44:34PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > On Fri, Nov 07, 2003 at 03:55:15PM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > --- /usr/share/debhelper/autoscripts/postinst-wm 2003-07-28 > > 15:25:17.000000000 -0400 > > +++ postinst-wm 2003-11-07 09:21:57.000000000 -0500 > > @@ -1,4 +1,6 @@ > > if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then > > update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-window-manager \ > > - x-window-manager #WM# #PRIORITY# > > + x-window-manager #WM# #PRIORITY# \ > > + --slave /usr/share/man/man1/x-window-manager.1.gz \ > > + x-window-manager.1.gz #MANPAGE# > > fi > > There may actually be a problem with installing alternatives to > manpages. > > See <URL: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=218630 >. > > I don't know what to do about this yet.
I don't understand the problem ;-) Why does man choose to display x-terminal-emulator(1) when I ask it for xterm? It happens on my system (and I also have x-terminal-emulator pointing to uxterm). From an strace, I see man opening /var/cache/man/index.db and then choosing to open /usr/share/man/man1/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz But according to man(1), specifying -u should cause this database to be updated if it no longer represents the filesystem. This doesn't help though (man xterm still brings up x-terminal-emulator). I'm confused. In any event, I can't produce an analagous problem with lwm/twm. man lwm brings up the lwm(1x) manapge, man twm brings up the twm(1x) manpage and man x-window-manager brings up lwm(1x). update-alternatives does the correct thing (lwm and twm still come up appropriately and x-window-manager now brings up twm(1x)). It almost looks as if man has some special knowledge that xterm really should mean x-terminal-emulator, which is quite ridiculous. Is there perhaps some configuration or manpage directive I've overlooked? -- "It's not Hollywood. War is real, war is primarily not about defeat or victory, it is about death. I've seen thousands and thousands of dead bodies. Do you think I want to have an academic debate on this subject?" -- Robert Fisk
