Re: Manually install man pages

[Robert Schmid <rschmid-netbsd%raptor.net@localhost>]

So, effectively, just copy the files over.  I notice in the man.tgz file there 
is an file /etc/mtree .  Is that something tar uses? - I've never noticed that 
file in /etc before…


On Apr 23, 2012, at 10:05 PM, John Nemeth wrote:

> On Sep 13,  4:36pm, Robert Schmid wrote:
> }
> } I've just gotten a new netbsd virtual instance setup for me.  The man
> } pages are incomplete.  I can't remotely run sys install so I've untarred
> } the man pages into /tmp.  I can't seem to find instructions on how
> } install these pages.  Can someone point me in the right direction?
> 
>     All tarballs can be unpacked by doing something like:
> 
> tar xvzpf X.tgz -C /
> 
> Note:  Do not do this with etc.tgz or xetc.tgz.  For those, see
> postinstall.
> 
> }-- End of excerpt from Robert Schmid