Date: 3 Jun 1999 04:00:36 -0000
From: briggs@canolog.ninthwonder.com
Reply-To: briggs@canolog.ninthwonder.com
To: gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org
Subject: man, whatis, apropos should share the same search paths


>Number:         9716
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       man, whatis, apropos should share the same search paths
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Mar 30 23:30:17 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  
>Originator:     Allen Briggs
>Release:        19990101 or so
>Organization:

	
>Environment:
System: NetBSD canolog 1.3I NetBSD 1.3I (CANOLOG) #1: Fri Jan 1 20:01:14 EST 1999 briggs@backup:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/CANOLOG i386




>Description:
	I have installed qmail.  This puts its own man tree in
/var/qmail/man (by default).  I have added this to /etc/man.conf,
rebuilt the default whatis.db and created a /var/qmail/man/whatis.db.
If I run "man dot-qmail", man can't find the man page.
If I run "man 5 dot-qmail", man can find and display the man page.
If I run "whatis dot-qmail", whatis displays "dot-qmail: not found".
If I run "apropos dot-qmail", apropos displays
dot-qmail (5) - control the delivery of mail messages


These programs should use the same search path and search logic when
they're all run in their default mode.


>How-To-Repeat:
	See above.
>Fix:
	I don't have time to look at this now.  I'm filing this in the
hope that someone else will have the time and so I won't forget about it
in case no one else can look into it.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: