Are you running Slink? I had a similar problem after installing some Potato packages. Upgrading the rest fixed the problem.
Michael wrote; > Hey guys. I'm having some problems with my manpages. I have my MANPATH > environment variable set to /usr/man:/usr/share/man. Now, under > /usr/share/man/man1 I have makeindex.1.gz. However, when I type "man > makeindex", I get nothing. Normally, that'd be fine. > Also, I just checked my weekly cronjobs, and found this: > > #!/bin/sh > # > # Last modification: Fri, 15 May 1998 08:06:59 +0300 > # man-db cron weekly > > # regenerate man database > if test -x /usr/bin/mandb > then /usr/bin/nice /usr/bin/mandb --create 2>/dev/null > /dev/null > fi > > So, just in case, I ran it. It didn't help. > > So, I guess I have the following questions: > > 1. Why doesn't man respect my MANPATH and work? > 2. What is the man-db for and how does that work? > 3. Where does man -k look for its data and how do I rebuild that? > > Help? > > Thanks, > > Mike > > - -- > Michael P. Soulier, 1Z22, SKY Tel: 613-765-4699 (ESN: 39-54699) > Optical Networks, Nortel Networks > "...the word HACK is used as a verb to indicate a massive amount > of nerd-like effort." -Harley Hahn, A Student's Guide to UNIX > -- ptw miscelaneous endeavors ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
