On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 11:02 +0000, Chris G wrote: <snip> > Adding the (rpm) entries means that the whatis database is no longer a > "set of database files containing short descriptions of system > commands" because the things it puts in there are *not* system > commands. Never has been. Only the things in "chapter 1" are really "system commands". The whatis database was initially a summary of the description lines of each of the man pages, but that has included commands, files, library functions, etc. Looking at the chapter told you what it was. But now there are things on the system that have no traditional man page, but might be what you are looking for. So some folks hacked in the (rpm) chapter so that we at least no about the existence of those facilities when we "search our system" even though they do not have a traditional man page.... I think it's a neat idea.... --Rob
