"man port" not working?

[William Davis]

On Oct 8, 2007, at 4:25 PM, Instruct ICC wrote quoting Ryan Schmidt:

> > I see /sw in your path there. So I guess you have Fink installed  
> too.
> > That's just asking for trouble. I recommend you use either Fink or
> > MacPorts, but not both. Completely remove the one you no longer wish
> > to use.
> >
> > I also see /usr/local in that path. Stuff in /usr/local can  
> interfere
> > with MacPorts too. I recommend you remove everything from /usr/local
> > and use MacPorts to install whatever software you need. If software
> > you need is not in MacPorts, portfiles can be added.
>
>
> I thought the great thing about Fink and Macports is that they each  
> use their own directory, so I don't have to worry about my Apple  
> installations.


Your problems with MANPATH are a good illustration. It can matter a  
great deal what your search order  in PATH is as well as well and may  
result in the wrong versions of libs getting picked up or the wrong  
version of programs run .......
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