Changeset 755607e3 for postlfs/config

Timestamp:

04/09/2024 10:16:20 AM (6 weeks ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

lazarus, trunk

Children:

7745258b

Parents:

8a280fb6

git-author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…> (04/09/2024 10:14:18 AM)

git-committer:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…> (04/09/2024 10:16:20 AM)

Message:

Kick MANPATH out of the book

The man program automatically deduce a good default from PATH, thus no
need to set MANPATH as long as the corresponding PATH component is
added.

File:

• postlfs/config/profile.xml (modified) (1 diff)

postlfs/config/profile.xml

@@ -345 +345 @@
 
 # Set some defaults before other applications add to these paths.
-pathappend /usr/share/man  MANPATH
 pathappend /usr/share/info INFOPATH</literal>
 EOF</userinput></screen>
+
+      <note>
+        <para>
+          The <command>man</command> program automatically deduce the search
+          path for man pages by examing the content of the
+          <envar>PATH</envar> variable, see
+          <ulink role='man' url='&man;manpath.5'>manpath(5)</ulink> for
+          details.  Setting the <envar>MANPATH</envar> variable may override
+          the automatic deduction, so the BLFS editors do not recommend to
+          set it.  If you must set it for any reason, it's better to start
+          its value with a colon (<literal>:</literal>), for example
+          <command>MANPATH=:/opt/somepkg/share/man:/opt/otherpkg/share/man</command>
+          so the paths listed in the <envar>MANPATH</envar> variable will
+          be appended to the automatically deduced value instead of
+          overriding it.
+        </para>
+      </note>
 
     </sect3>