Subject: man.conf woes
To: None <netbsd-help@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Hacksaw <hacksaw@venus.gsd.harvard.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/10/1996 03:05:08
I just don't get it. I tried to add lines so that postgres95's man
pages could be seen by the system. But they don't work, despite being
identical to the others. Here's the man.conf in question:
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#	$Id: man.conf,v 1.5 1995/01/16 09:39:15 mycroft Exp $

# Sheer, raging paranoia...
_version	BSD.2

# The whatis/apropos database.
_whatdb		/usr/share/man/whatis.db

# Subdirectories for paths ending in '/', IN SEARCH ORDER.
_subdir		cat1 man1 cat8 man8 catl manl cat6 man6 cat2 man2 cat3
man3 cat4 man4 cat5 man5 cat7 man7 cat3f man3f

# Files typed by suffix and their commands.
# Note the order, .Z must come after .[1-9].Z, or it will match first.
_suffix		.0
_build		.0.Z		/usr/bin/zcat %s
_build		.0.gz		/usr/bin/gunzip -c %s
_build		.[1-9l]		/usr/bin/nroff -man %s
_build		.[1-9l].Z	/usr/bin/zcat %s | /usr/bin/nroff -man
_build		.[1-9l].gz	/usr/bin/gunzip -c %s | /usr/bin/nroff
-man
_build		.tbl		/usr/bin/tbl %s | /usr/bin/nroff -man
_build		.tbl.Z		/usr/bin/zcat %s | /usr/bin/tbl |
/usr/bin/nroff -man
_build		.tbl.gz		/usr/bin/gunzip -c %s | /usr/bin/tbl |
/usr/bin/nroff -man
_build		.n		/usr/bin/nroff -me %s 2>/dev/null |
cat -s
_build		.me		/usr/bin/nroff -me %s 2>/dev/null |
cat -s

# Sections and their directories.
# All paths ending in '/' are the equivalent of entries specifying
that
# directory with all of the subdirectories listed for the keyword
_subdir.

# default
_default
/usr/{share,X11R6,X11,contrib,gnu,local}/{man,man/old}/

# Other sections that represent complete man subdirectories.
X11		/usr/X11/man/
X11R6		/usr/X11R6/man/
contrib		/usr/contrib/man/
local		/usr/local/man/
new		/usr/contrib/man/
old		/usr/share/man/old/
teTex		/usr/local/teTex/man/
postgres95	/usr/local/postgres95/man/

doc		/usr/share/doc/{sendmail/op,sendmail/intro}

# Specific section/directory combinations.
l /usr/{share,X11R6,X11,contrib,local,local/postgres95}/{man,man/old}/{cat,man}l
1 /usr/{share,X11R6,X11,contrib,local,local/postgres95}/{man,man/old}/{cat,man}1
2 /usr/{share,X11R6,X11,contrib,local,local/postgres95}/{man,man/old}/{cat,man}2
3 /usr/{share,X11R6,X11,contrib,local,local/postgres95}/{man,man/old}/{cat,man}3
3F		/usr/share/man/cat3f
3f		/usr/share/man/cat3f
4 /usr/{share,X11R6,X11,contrib,local,local/postgres95}/{man,man/old}/{cat,man}4
5 /usr/{share,X11R6,X11,contrib,local,local/postgres95}/{man,man/old}/{cat,man}5
6 /usr/{share,X11R6,X11,contrib,local,local/postgres95}/{man,man/old}/{cat,man}6
7 /usr/{share,X11R6,X11,contrib,local,local/postgres95}/{man,man/old}/{cat,man}7
8 /usr/{share,X11R6,X11,contrib,local,local/postgres95}/{man,man/old}/{cat,man}8

Any ideas?
--
Hacksaw