Re: r286615: /usr/libexec/ftpd broken!

From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel_at_xcllnt.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 07:52:52 -0700
> On Aug 18, 2015, at 7:46 AM, O. Hartmann <ohartman_at_zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
> 
> Am Tue, 18 Aug 2015 07:35:25 -0700
> Marcel Moolenaar <marcel_at_xcllnt.net> schrieb:
> 
>> 
>>> On Aug 17, 2015, at 10:15 PM, O. Hartmann <ohartman_at_zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Port security/heimdal installs its own ftpd with its appropriate manpages.
>> 
>> Ugh :-(
>> 
>> It would have been so nice if man(1) would have told you that there
>> were 2 ftpd manpages and that you need to specify which one you want.
>> That should raise an eyebrow right away...
>> 
> 
> A hint came from this list, so I checked via locate the existence of multiple ftpd and
> ftpd.8[.gz] - and yes, I found several. I circumvent the problem by applying to man the
> option "-M/usr/share/man" which brought up the the correct manpage.

I think distinct sections would be nice:
1-9	base system
1P-9P	ports/packages
1L-9L	local manpages.


> And if it would not be hard ebough, I figured, that deleting port security/heimdal didn't
> erase the manpage  on the particular machine I tested with :-/

Cached manpage, I presume?

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Marcel Moolenaar
marcel_at_xcllnt.net




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