[uw.mfcf.bugs] xhier distribute and the man package

jmsellens@watdragon.waterloo.edu (08/31/89)

From: "John M. Sellens" <jmsellens>

| new_Distfile=/software/man/RDistfile_being_made_by_$$;\
| umask 022; xh-distfile man >${new_Distfile};\
| mv `absolute ${new_Distfile} /software/man/RDistfile`
| You can create by hand data/manpath.cf to suit your site.
| *** Error code 1
|  (ignored)
| *** Error code 1
|  (ignored)
Why those error codes?  What commands caused the errors?  What were the
errors?  (@ and - in Makefiles are evil)

| xh-distribute man 
| xh-distribute FYI: rdist output for the "man" package being mailed
| xh-distribute FYI:   to: kcwellsch@watmath
| xh-distribute FYI: rdist output follows:
|   updating host watyew 
|     installing: /software/man/Distfile
|     rdist: watyew:/software/man/data: Directory not empty 
|     rdist: watyew:/software/man/bin: Directory not empty 
|     updating: /software/man/Makefile
|     need to install:
|       /.software/arch/man/servers/{rmand,makewhatis,mkwhatis,mkmanalias}
|       /.software/arch/man/bin/man
|     special: You can create by hand data/manpath.cf to suit your site. 
|     special: *** Error code 1 
|     special:  (ignored) 
What's the error?
|     special: No rmand.cf file -- you'll need one ... 
|     special: ... I will start "xh-man-config" running to build it. 
|     special: /usr/man: No such file or directory 
|     special: cp: rmand.cf: No such file or directory 
Why do I need an rmand.cf if I have absolutely no man pages anywhere
on this machine?  Our assumption has always been that if a host has
any man pages, it will have all of them.  I don't need the servers
stuff either.