make MANPATH_DEFAULT compile-time configurable

3 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0a2fae40..0e20da5e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ echo "config.log: writing..."
 # Initialize all variables here,
 # such that nothing can leak in from the environment.
 
+MANPATH_DEFAULT="/usr/share/man:/usr/X11R6/man:/usr/local/man"
 OSNAME=
 
 CC=`printf "all:\\n\\t@echo \\\$(CC)\\n" | make -f -`
@@ -278,6 +279,7 @@ __HEREDOC__
 [ ${HAVE_FGETLN} -eq 0 ] && echo "#include <stdio.h>"
 
 echo
+echo "#define MANPATH_DEFAULT \"${MANPATH_DEFAULT}\""
 [ -n "${OSNAME}" ] && echo "#define OSNAME \"${OSNAME}\""
 [ -n "${HOMEBREWDIR}" ] && echo "#define HOMEBREWDIR \"${HOMEBREWDIR}\""
 
diff --git a/configure.local.example b/configure.local.example
index b470fb0f..22b4e408 100644
--- a/configure.local.example
+++ b/configure.local.example
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ HAVE_WCHAR=1
 
 HAVE_WCHAR=0
 
+# When man(1) or apropos(1) is called without -m and -M options,
+# MANPATH is not set in the environment, man.conf(5) is not available
+# and manpath(1) not used, manuals are searched for in the following
+# directory trees by default.
+
+MANPATH_DEFAULT="/usr/share/man:/usr/X11R6/man:/usr/local/man"
+
 # In manual pages written in the mdoc(7) language, the operating system
 # version is displayed in the page footer line.  If an operating system
 # is specified as an argument to the .Os macro, that is always used.
diff --git a/manpath.c b/manpath.c
index ac885af2..4bedea3a 100644
--- a/manpath.c
+++ b/manpath.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 
 #define MAN_CONF_FILE	"/etc/man.conf"
 #define MAN_CONF_KEY	"_whatdb"
-#define MANPATH_DEFAULT	"/usr/share/man:/usr/X11R6/man:/usr/local/man"
 
 static	void	 manpath_add(struct manpaths *, const char *, int);
 static	void	 manpath_parseline(struct manpaths *, char *, int);