Re: CFR: Replace man/manpath/whatis/apropos with a shell script

From: Stefan Bethke <stb_at_lassitu.de>
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 09:41:25 +0200
Am 11.09.2010 um 09:35 schrieb Gordon Tetlow:

> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Anonymous <swell.k_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Gordon Tetlow <gordon_at_tetlows.org> writes:
>> 
>>> 2. Imports configuration from /usr/local/etc/man.d/*.conf and
>> /etc/man.conf
>>> (purposefully changed the manpath.config file since it is a different
>>> syntax).
>> 
>> Hmm, and if LOCALBASE != /usr/local? hier(7) does not specify /usr/local
>> as the only place installed packages may reside in, only default one.
>> 
> 
> That variable is not easily found in shell. I'm open to suggestions on how
> to figure it out. I suppose I could try something like make -V LOCALBASE
> since it would be in /etc/make.conf if it is set. Another alternative would
> be to parse the PATH and look for ../etc/man.d for each path component. That
> would be even more generic (and allow for the user to customize it
> potentially).

Take it from /etc/man.conf, like the rc.d paths are resolved?


Stefan

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