> 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? -- Marcel Moolenaar marcel_at_xcllnt.net
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