I think makewhatis was changed to read your /etc/man.conf

So, if your config file says you have a /usr/X11R6/man directory, then
makewhatis will try to process it.

On Sun, 10 Mar 2002, Xavier HUMBERT wrote:

> After cleaning *everything* (nuked /usr/build, /usr/obj, /usr/tools), I
> ran ./build.sh -d -D /usr/build.
>
> Just after the build, and befeore making the distribution files, there
> is a call to makewhatis. Till today, no problem with that.
>
> I just updated my src tree (cvs update at 14:00 GMT), and got this
> error=A0:
>
> >(cd /usr/src/share/man && /usr/tools/bin/nbmake makedb)
> >/usr/tools/bin/nbmakewhatis /usr/build//usr/share/man
> >nbmakewhatis: Error reading `/usr/X11R6/man': No such file or directory
> >*** Error code 1
>
> No harm, mkdir -p /usr/X11R6/man fixes the problem, but I wonder why
> there is a need for buidin whatis db for X, in src ? This is xsrc job,
> isn't it ?
>
> --
> Xav
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> http://www.tibet.fr/
>
>

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