On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 08:57:42AM -0700, Shawn Protsman said: > On Oct 27, 2008, at 7:22 AM, Robert Goldman wrote: > >> Isn't the right thing to edit /etc/man.conf so that the path -> man >> translation works, and then make sure that your MANPATH environment >> variable is *not* set? >> >> I think Shawn's problem was (at least possibly) not having /opt entries >> in /etc/man.conf. >> >> BTW, for people like me who read this as a digest, what's the best way >> to respond so that threading works? > > If modifying /etc/man.conf is the right thing to do, how many entries > need to be added for /opt? >
Modifying /etc/man.conf shouldn't be necessary, my MANPATH is unset, no /opt entries in /etc/man.conf, and man works fine with MacPorts-installed items. Make sure your MANPATH is actually unset and not empty (env |grep MANPATH), perhaps that is what is causing the issue. Bryan > --Shawn _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
