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    From Mitchell Dorrell@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 1 00:00:01 2024
    On my system, "man gcc" works fine, but "man -k gcc" results in "gcc:
    nothing appropriate.".

    It looks like there are two implementations, so I'll note that virtual/man
    is currently being satisfied by sys-apps/man-db.

    Before I list everything I've already checked and tried, does anyone immediately recognize this issue? Can anyone else reproduce it?

    I'll preempt one obvious suggestion:
    $ ls -l /var/cache/man/index.db
    -rw-r--r-- 1 man man 2666496 Oct 31 18:45 /var/cache/man/index.db

    Thanks all,
    -MD

    <div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On my system, &quot;man gcc&quot; works fine, but &quot;man -k gcc&quot; results in &quot;gcc: nothing appropriate.&quot;.<div><br></div><div>It looks like there are two implementations, so I&#39;ll note that virtual/man is
    currently being satisfied by sys-apps/man-db.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Before I list everything I&#39;ve already checked and tried, does anyone immediately recognize this issue? Can anyone else reproduce it?</div><div><br></div><div>I&#39;ll
    preempt one obvious suggestion:</div><div>$ ls -l /var/cache/man/index.db<br>-rw-r--r-- 1 man man 2666496 Oct 31 18:45 /var/cache/man/index.db<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks all,</div><div>-MD</div></div>
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  • From Eli Schwartz@21:1/5 to Mitchell Dorrell on Fri Nov 1 00:20:01 2024
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    On 10/31/24 6:56 PM, Mitchell Dorrell wrote:
    On my system, "man gcc" works fine, but "man -k gcc" results in "gcc:
    nothing appropriate.".

    It looks like there are two implementations, so I'll note that virtual/man
    is currently being satisfied by sys-apps/man-db.

    Before I list everything I've already checked and tried, does anyone immediately recognize this issue? Can anyone else reproduce it?


    It may be related to Gentoo's unusual use of $MANPATH to hide slotted
    manpages outside of /usr/share/man


    --
    Eli Schwartz

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  • From Mitchell Dorrell@21:1/5 to eschwartz@gentoo.org on Fri Nov 1 02:40:01 2024
    On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 7:12 PM Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@gentoo.org> wrote:

    On 10/31/24 6:56 PM, Mitchell Dorrell wrote:
    On my system, "man gcc" works fine, but "man -k gcc" results in "gcc: nothing appropriate.".

    It may be related to Gentoo's unusual use of $MANPATH to hide slotted manpages outside of /usr/share/man

    --
    Eli Schwartz

    Were you able to reproduce it?

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  • From ralfconn@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 1 09:20:01 2024
    Il 01/11/24 02:31, Mitchell Dorrell ha scritto:
    On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 7:12 PM Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@gentoo.org> wrote:

    On 10/31/24 6:56 PM, Mitchell Dorrell wrote:
    On my system, "man gcc" works fine, but "man -k gcc" results in "gcc:
    nothing appropriate.".

    It may be related to Gentoo's unusual use of $MANPATH to hide slotted
    manpages outside of /usr/share/man

    --
    Eli Schwartz

    Were you able to reproduce it?


    yes

    raf

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