Opened 15 years ago
Closed 15 years ago
#1400 closed defect (invalid)
Manpage not found on FreeBSD
| Reported by: | Owned by: | ||
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| Priority: | normal | Component: | build system |
| Version: | HEAD | Severity: | minor |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Blocked By: | Blocking: | ||
| Reproduced by developer: | no | Analyzed by developer: | no |
Description
The manpage for MPlayer SVN-r28388 is installed under /usr/local/share/, where my FreeBSD 7 doesn't find it.
From the FreeBSD manpages:
By default, man uses manpath(1)
(which is built into the man binary) to determine the path to
search. This option overrides the MANPATH environment vari-
able.
The manpath utility is used by man(1) to determine the search path, so
users normally do not need to set the MANPATH environment variable
directly.
Change History (3)
comment:1 by , 15 years ago
| rep_platform: | PC (x86 with SSE) → All |
|---|---|
| Status: | new → assigned |
comment:2 by , 15 years ago
(In reply to comment #1)
Hi,
I feel that this depends on the point of view. If a goal is to make mplayer run on many systems, then the build system should take care of OS particularities. If mplayer is meant to run primarily on Linux, then it's the users responsibility to adjust for features that differ from Linux.
comment:3 by , 15 years ago
| Resolution: | → invalid |
|---|---|
| Status: | assigned → closed |
(In reply to comment #2)
(In reply to comment #1)
I feel that this depends on the point of view. If a goal is to make mplayer
run on many systems, then the build system should take care of OS particularities.
If mplayer is meant to run primarily on Linux, then it's the users
responsibility to adjust for features that differ from Linux.
It is not the job of the MPlayer build system to fix your OS. If FreeBSD does not configure its man program to consider software that the user installed, it is not our fault.
And drop this Linux-only nonsense, this has nothing to do with it.
How is this supposed to be a bug in the build system and not in your OS configuration? It looks as though you need to teach your man where to look for content...