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Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 16:16:10 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: openssl - MANPATH - bug?
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On Tue, Apr 02, 2002 at 03:10:52PM +0200, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
> Earnie schrieb:
> 
> > Wrong list.  I've modified the headers to the appropriate list.
> 
> Why???  Openssl IS a Cygwin Application.
> 
> > You've assumed that MANPATH had a previous value.
> 
> This is the default file which gets installed with openssl by setup.exe.
> So if there is no previous value for MANPATH this cannot work.
> Other application are looking for MANPATH in the environment and don't
> find other manpages in /usr/man e.g.

Did you actually try it?  If MANPATH has a leading colon, it's *appended*
to the internal search path.  If not, it's used exclusivly.

$ export MANPATH="/usr/ssl/man"
$ man man
No manual entry for man
$ export MANPATH=":/usr/ssl/man"
$ man man
[Man page follows]

Corinna

> 
> > Earnie.
> 
> > "Gerrit P. Haase" wrote:
> >> 
> >> Hallo,
> >> 
> >> This
> >> $ cat /etc/profile.d/openssl.sh
> >> export MANPATH="${MANPATH}:/usr/ssl/man"
> >> 
> >> results in:
> >> $ set | grep MANPATH
> >> MANPATH=:/usr/ssl/man

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