"man port" not working?

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Oct 8, 2007, at 11:35, Bernard Desgraupes wrote:

> Instruct ICC wrote:
>
>> I could swear that "man port" worked at home.
>>
>> At work, I get
>> No manual entry for port
>>
>> Even after re-running the installer (which claimed it did an  
>> upgrade).
>>
>> How do I remove Macports (permanently/completely or so I can try a  
>> reinstall)?

You probably do not need to remove MacPorts. If you do want to,  
instructions are in the FAQ:

http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/ 
FAQ#HowdoIremoveoruninstallMacPorts


>> Or how do I fix man?
>>
>> "man php" works.
>
> Maybe a problem with the path: what does
>    echo $MANPATH
> report ?

$MANPATH is empty on my system, but "man port" still works fine.

In /opt/local do you have a symlink from man pointing to share/man? I  
do.

I believe you either need this symlink, or you need /opt/local/share/ 
man in your $MANPATH.