wow. ever thought of getting into law practice? :-)
i think i touched on a very touchy issue here. i'll just go find a simple
project for my python.
thanks for all the replies guys!
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On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 03:13:10PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 01:44:45PM +0200, Cliff Sarginson ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 11:49:11AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > > On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 10:31:47PM +0800, Rino Mardo wrote:
I agree wit
Brian Nelson wrote:
> I also agree. I think what bothers me most about info pages is that
> they often read like books.
Not suprising, they often *are* books. I have a book on my shelf that
has about a 100% correspondence to the gdb info page. Though the gdb
info page lacks RPM's autograph..
--
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 11:54:09PM -0400, Brian Nelson wrote:
> I also agree. I think what bothers me most about info pages is that
> they often read like books. They're usually arranged in a format
> resembling chapters covering each topic in thorough detail. This is
> fine if I want to read a
"Karsten M. Self" writes:
> The problem is that this is often specifically what is *not* sought by
> those who are looking for manpages. What's wanted is a short, concise,
> but illustrative reference providing:
>
> - A functional description of the command.
>
> - A synopsis of all options
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 03:13:10PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> Personally, I'd strongly recommend that the GNU project revisit the
> issue of info pages altogether. They're not popular, they don't
> adequately replace man pages, and there is a far more successful and
> ubiquitous hypertext mod
on Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 01:44:45PM +0200, Cliff Sarginson ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 11:49:11AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 10:31:47PM +0800, Rino Mardo wrote:
> > > getting a little OT here but can all the man databases be converted to
> > > in
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 11:49:11AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 10:31:47PM +0800, Rino Mardo wrote:
> > getting a little OT here but can all the man databases be converted to
> > info files? what can a "python" newbie do or have to follow in order
> > to do this?
>
> You m
On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 10:31:47PM +0800, Rino Mardo wrote:
> getting a little OT here but can all the man databases be converted to
> info files? what can a "python" newbie do or have to follow in order
> to do this?
You might be able to do it, but then I'd have to kill you ;)
Besides, the info
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> On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 11:36:08PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > on Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 04:25:01AM -0500, Colin Watson
> > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > > I'm afraid none
On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 11:36:08PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 04:25:01AM -0500, Colin Watson
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > I'm afraid none of that will work - it turns out it's the database
> > (/var/cache/man/X11R6/index.bt) that's broken, not the man pages.
>
> Ho
on Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 04:25:01AM -0500, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 12:37:05AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > My suggestion:
> >
> >- rename /usr/X11R6/man/man3 to /usr/X11/man/man3-bak
> >
> >- create a directory /usr/X11R6/man/man3
> >
> >
On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 12:37:05AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> My suggestion:
>
>- rename /usr/X11R6/man/man3 to /usr/X11/man/man3-bak
>
>- create a directory /usr/X11R6/man/man3
>
>- create symlinks for half the files in man3-bak:
>
>$ cd /usr/X11R6/man/man3
>$
on Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 07:13:22PM -0400, Eugene Tyurin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
>
> Ok, man-db is version 2.3.19-5
>
> mandb -d -c >>/tmp/mandb.log 2>>/tmp/mandb.log seems to get stuck
> at this point:
>
> free_hashtab: 2090 entries, 1302 (62%) unique
> done.
> catpath: /var/cache/man, manpa
Package: man-db
Version: 2.3.19-5
Severity: important
On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 07:13:22PM -0400, Eugene Tyurin wrote on
debian-user:
> Ok, man-db is version 2.3.19-5
>
> mandb -d -c >>/tmp/mandb.log 2>>/tmp/mandb.log seems to get stuck
> at this point:
>
> free_hashtab: 2090 entries, 1302 (62%) u
Ok, man-db is version 2.3.19-5
mandb -d -c >>/tmp/mandb.log 2>>/tmp/mandb.log seems to get stuck
at this point:
free_hashtab: 2090 entries, 1302 (62%) unique
done.
catpath: /var/cache/man, manpath: /usr/share/man
Testing for existence: /usr/share/man/man1/strace.1
Testing for existence: /usr/sha
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 02:04:13AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > on Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 09:31:40PM -0400, Eugene Tyurin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > wrote:
>
> > What's /usr/local/man look like?
>
> My /usr/local/man is empty - does not even have manN subdirs.
>
> > Have you tried running s
on Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 08:14:07AM -0400, Eugene Tyurin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 02:04:13AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > on Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 09:31:40PM -0400, Eugene Tyurin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > wrote:
>
> > What's /usr/local/man look like?
>
> My /usr/lo
On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 02:04:13AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 09:31:40PM -0400, Eugene Tyurin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> wrote:
> What's /usr/local/man look like?
My /usr/local/man is empty - does not even have manN subdirs.
> Have you tried running strace on mandb?
R
on Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 09:31:40PM -0400, Eugene Tyurin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> A few weeks ago, perhaps, I upgraded something on my woody box - and
> now I can't satisfy the mandb gods. Mandb runs through cron.weekly
> until I kill it - for a few days. I tried to run it manu
On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 09:31:40PM -0400, Eugene Tyurin wrote:
> A few weeks ago, perhaps, I upgraded something on my woody box - and
> now I can't satisfy the mandb gods. Mandb runs through cron.weekly
> until I kill it - for a few days. I tried to run it manually to
> create a db from scratch,
Hello,
A few weeks ago, perhaps, I upgraded something on my woody box - and
now I can't satisfy the mandb gods. Mandb runs through cron.weekly
until I kill it - for a few days. I tried to run it manually to
create a db from scratch, but the same thing - it gets stuck.
Here's the tail of the lo
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