manwhich: Deriving MANPATH from PATH [PSARC/2007/688 FastTrack timeout 12/19/2007]

[Mike Gerdts]

On Dec 17, 2007 6:50 PM, Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at sun.com> wrote:
> It would seem simpler (from the user perspective at least,
> not sure about the code) if you could insert a value into the
> $MANPATH to add the automatic paths at that point, so your
> example would reduce to something more like:
>         MANPATH=auto:<my extra junk>

The code for this would be somewhat ugly given the current structure
of the code.  My initial reaction is that I would like to put off this
addition given that a much less intrusive option exists.  Those that
are likely to be picky about their manpath are likely to be the same
set that would not find using Ed's proposed method terribly onerous.

> though a --found-dynamic-manpath-search-directories would be
> useful for debugging purposes.

I think that for Ed's usage, it would work as well.

-- 
Mike Gerdts
http://mgerdts.blogspot.com/