"man port" not working?

[William Davis]

On Oct 8, 2007, at 12:23 PM, 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)?
> Or how do I fix man?
>
> "man php" works.
>
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Its seems that "man port" works if your MANPATH=nul
if MANPATH has an entry (like = /usr/share/man)
then man wont find port.

edit your ~/.profile  to include the line export MANPATH=/opt/local/ 
man:$MANPATH

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