I just installed a package on one of my Sol10 (X/86, if it makes any
difference) and it reports "This system has no global MANPATH".

Is that a Sol10 change? And if so, how does one add a global MANPATH?

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I would define it in the /etc/profile file. MANPATH=/path/to/manpages.
This will set it globally on the system.

huge@ukmisc.org.uk (Huge) writes:

>I just installed a package on one of my Sol10 (X/86, if it makes any
>difference) and it reports "This system has no global MANPATH".

>Is that a Sol10 change? And if so, how does one add a global MANPATH?


No, Solaris just doesn't have a way to set a global manpath (which is
a bug but one which has existed for quite some time)

Casper

Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik@Sun.COM> writes:
>huge@ukmisc.org.uk (Huge) writes:
>
>>I just installed a package on one of my Sol10 (X/86, if it makes any
>>difference) and it reports "This system has no global MANPATH".
>
>>Is that a Sol10 change? And if so, how does one add a global MANPATH?
>
>
>No, Solaris just doesn't have a way to set a global manpath (which is
>a bug but one which has existed for quite some time)

Thanks. Not an error I've seen before, despite using Solaris since before
it was called Solaris...

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Casper H.S. Dik wrote:
> huge@ukmisc.org.uk (Huge) writes:
>
> >I just installed a package on one of my Sol10 (X/86, if it makes any
> >difference) and it reports "This system has no global MANPATH".
>
> >Is that a Sol10 change? And if so, how does one add a global MANPATH?
>
>
> No, Solaris just doesn't have a way to set a global manpath (which is
> a bug but one which has existed for quite some time)
>
> Casper

  And Solaris 10  has manuals in so many more places than any previoous

  Incarnation so its a problem to find them all.

  So far I have found:

  /usr/share/man
  /usr/dt/man
  /usr/openwin/man
  /usr/X/man
  /opt/SUNWspro/man
  /opt/sfw/man
  /usr/sfw/man
  /usr/apache/man
  /usr/apache2/man
  /usr/j2se/man 
  /usr/perl5/man

  //Lars

>>Is that a Sol10 change? And if so, how does one add a global MANPATH?
>
> No, Solaris just doesn't have a way to set a global manpath (which is
> a bug but one which has existed for quite some time)

Well, if you set the environment variable in /etc/profile you're all
done with a global manpath. Personally I really don't consider this a
bug but a good feature since it gives many advantages.

For example; users who are not into webserver management really have no
need for 'apropos' responses which concern Apache (/usr/apache/man) so
those manpages are not included in my global manpath. These adminss have
this manpath portion included in their personal profiles.

Granted; it takes a little more effort to setup, but it also offers a
lot more flexibility.

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