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* Just say that the databases are intended for use by apropos(1), whatis(1),Ingo Schwarze2022-03-161-4/+2
| | | | | | | | | | | and man(1), without restricting that statement to "man -k". Suggested by and patch OK'ed by jmc@. While only apropos(1) and whatis(1) strictly require the database and while our man(1) implementation can find many manual pages even when no database is available or when the database is incomplete or corrupt, it does use the database even without -k whenever possible. Consequently, this change makes the manual page less confusing.
* Never create empty databases.Ingo Schwarze2017-05-171-0/+3
| | | | | | | | | | When pkg_add(1)ing packages installing manual pages into some directory, the database in that directory automatically gets created or updated, no change so far. This patch causes the database file to be automatically unlinked when pkg_delete(1)ing the last package having manual pages in that directory, to leave less cruft behind. Suggested by ajacoutot@.
* Correct description of MANPATH, and a few more improvementsIngo Schwarze2017-03-181-1/+11
| | | | to the ENVIRONMENT section; OK jmc@
* Now that our man.conf(5) format is mature and extremely simple,Ingo Schwarze2016-07-191-2/+0
| | | | | | | | delete manpath(1) support. With the mandoc-based man(1), manpath(1) is utterly useless. Just set MANPATH_DEFAULT in configure.local for sane operating system defaults, use man.conf(5) for machine- specific modifications, and use ${MANPATH}, -m, and -M for user preferences.
* typo; Steven Honeyman <stevenhoneyman at gmail dot com>Ingo Schwarze2014-08-171-1/+1
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* Reduce the verbosity of makewhatis -t:Ingo Schwarze2014-04-251-1/+1
| | | | | | | | In the past, it always showed the title lines of the files processed. Now, it only shows them when called with -D. That is better because pkg_create calls makewhatis -t. It is also more consistent with -D behaviour in non- -t modes. Issue reported by ajacoutot@; ok espie@ ajacoutot@ jasper@.
* Slowly, the dust begins to settle.Ingo Schwarze2014-04-181-0/+217
We are keeping the traditional name makewhatis(8). No content change.