Hi, James Griffin wrote on Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 10:10:26AM +0100:
> I am using the fvwm2 package on OpenBSD -current. After I upgrade > to a snapshot on 22 July 2013, /etc/man.conf was changed by > sysmerge(8). Yes, that's expected. > Since then, man pages for fvwm2 are not shown by > default; instead I get the man pages for the base fvwm version 1, > unless it is a man page that doesn't exist for version and then I > get the version 2 man page. Yes, that's expected. > It's a trivial thing, so sorry for that. I just wondered, is it > simply a case of altering /etc/man.conf? Yes, feel free to edit /etc/man.conf to suit your preferences. > When I installed the current > fvwm2 package it wasn't necessary to alter that file as the correct > man pages were shown automatically. Yes, in the past, with the default man.conf file, preformatted ports manuals coincidentally took precedence over base systems manuals in the same section. I didn't like that and changed that on purpose such that now, with the new default man.conf file, all base systems manuals take precedence over all ports manuals in the same section. When i proposed that change, it met no opposition from other developers, but some support. > Thanks in advance should anyone be able to shed some light or help, > etc.. You can also use various options of the man(1) utility if you like, for example $ man -a foo $ man -M /usr/local/man foo Yours, Ingo
