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Re: [Man-db-devel] Easy way to update default manpath lookup paths?
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Colin Watson |
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Re: [Man-db-devel] Easy way to update default manpath lookup paths? |
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Wed, 5 Nov 2014 21:49:08 +0000 |
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On Wed, Nov 05, 2014 at 08:09:36PM +0000, Saurabh T wrote:
> That's no less cumbersome and more hidden that setting MANPATH. It'd
> be useful to have a way to add to the subdirectories it searches when
> it finds an executable of the same name in PATH. By default this seems
> to be man/ ../man share/man and ../share/man. If you could set
> something like ADDPATHSUBDIR ../doc/man in /etc/man_db.conf, that'd be
> very useful.
Yes, right now the guesswork from $PATH is hardcoded, but I agree it
would be better if it were configurable. Please could you file a bug
report for this, in either the Savannah or Debian bug trackers?
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Colin Watson address@hidden