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@@ -155,11 +155,11 @@ Deployment requires the following steps: 1. Build and install mandoc as described above in steps 2 to 5 below "Installation". -2. If you system uses manpath(1), make sure it is configured +2. If your system uses manpath(1), make sure it is configured correctly, in particular, it returns all directory trees where manual pages are installed. If your system uses man.conf(5), make -sure it contains a "_whatdb" for each directory tree, and the order -of these lines meets your wishes. +sure it contains a "_whatdb" line for each directory tree, and the +order of these lines meets your wishes. 3. Run the command "sudo makewhatis" to build mandoc.db(5) databases in all the directory trees configured in step 2. @@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ At this point, your new man(1), apropos(1), and whatis(1) should work. Otherwise, please look at <http://mdocml.bsd.lv/contact.html>, both for help and to have these instructions improved. +Whenever installing new manual pages, re-run makewhatis(8) to update +the databases, or man(1) will not find the new pages. + Deployment using your system's native man(1) viewer --------------------------------------------------- |