On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 09:00 -0400, Robert Locke wrote: > 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 > Well there are two problems. 1. chapter 8 also has system commands.. 2. Something has ruined this process so that now all I get from man -k or apropos is (rpm) files. It must have been an update of some sort. Any ideas out there? For example system-config-printer shows up as a (rpm) file. -- ======================================================================= A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming is not worth knowing. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
