[MacPorts] #71984: Issues with 'MANPATH', and [the lack of a macport for] 'whereis'

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#71984: Issues with 'MANPATH', and [the lack of a macport for] 'whereis'
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  Reporter:  seamusdemora  |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  request       |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal        |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports         |    Version:
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Comment (by ryandesign):

 I can confirm your results from typing `whereis rsync` on my macOS 12
 machine. I don't know if the result is expected or if there is a way to
 get it to give the different result you wanted.

 The ports web site agrees that there is no port that installs `whereis`:
 https://ports.macports.org/search/?installed_file=&q=whereis

 It seems that util-linux contains an implementation of `whereis`, however
 the port does not install it. The util-linux configure script does have a
 `--disable-whereis` option but the portfile isn't using it so it's not
 obvious to me why it isn't being built.

 The port also does not install several other utilities, and does use the
 corresponding `--disable-*` flags for those. I assume the reason is that
 those other utilities either don't work on or aren't needed on macOS.
 Maybe disabling one of those is what's causing `whereis` also to be
 disabled.

 If you think having a version of `whereis` in MacPorts offers something
 that the macOS version doesn't, you could contribute either a fix to util-
 linux to let it install this utility or write a new port if there is yet
 another implementation somewhere that you think is better.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/71984#comment:3>
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