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The files contained in /usr/local/etc/man.d/*.conf are intended to be used by the ports(7) system for extending the manual set to support additional paths and locales. /etc/man.conf is intended to be used by the local administrator to set additional policy.
Currently supported configuration variables include:
MANCONFIG | |
Overrides the default location to import additional manual configuration files. Defaults to /usr/local/etc/man.d/*.conf. | |
MANPATH | |
Adds the specified directory to the manual search path. | |
MANLOCALE | |
Indicates support is available for the given locale. | |
For pages in a given language, overriding the default toolset for display is supported via the following definitions:
EQN_ LANG
NROFF_ LANG PIC_ LANG TBL_ LANG TROFF_ LANG REFER_ LANG VGRIND_ LANG | |
See the EXAMPLES section for how to use these variables.
/etc/man.conf | System configuration file. |
/usr/local/etc/man.d/*.conf | Local configuration files. |
# Add perl man pages to search path MANPATH /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.9/man MANPATH /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.9/perl/man
A Japanese localization port could install a custom toolset and include a file in /usr/local/etc/man.d/ja-man-doc.conf with the following contents:
# Setup Japanese toolset MANLOCALE ja_JP.eucJP EQN_JA /usr/local/bin/geqn PIC_JA /usr/local/bin/gpic TBL_JA /usr/local/bin/gtbl NROFF_JA /usr/local/bin/groff -man -dlang=ja_JP.eucJP TROFF_JA /usr/local/bin/groff -man -dlang=ja_JP.euc.jp
If the system administrator decides to override the LOCALBASE make(1) variable causing all ports(7) to be installed into /opt instead of /usr/local, specifying the following in /etc/man.conf will accommodate this change:
# Look for additional configuration files MANCONFIG /opt/etc/man.d/*.conf
MAN.CONF (5) | June 3, 2011 |
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