perl5.8 fixup

Eric Hall opendarwin.org at darkart.com
Fri Mar 13 10:32:42 PDT 2009


On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:25:05AM -0700, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote:
> 
> On Mar 13, 2009, at 9:41 AM, Eric Hall wrote:
> 
> >On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 09:22:41AM -0700, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote:

[snip]

> >>Aren't we already adding macports /opt/local/share/man to MANPATH?
> >
> >	No, /opt/local/share/man gets auto-added to the search paths
> >for man when /opt/local/bin is in one's PATH.
> 
> I see.
> 
> As a normal (non-sudo) user I wasn't seeing /opt/local/share/man  
> without adding the path to MANPATH.
> 
> sudo manpath does indeed add /opt/local/share/man

	Do you have MANPATH set?  If so, man will not auto-add
directories based on your PATH (at least that's what I understand
it to do).
	
[snip]

> 
> Since you and I seem to be the only people left on this thread I am  
> endorsing your thoughtful solution and would love to see it committed  
> soon.
> 

	Thanks for trying it out and poking at it, its helpful to
have tests done by someone else.


		-eric


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