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From: Francois-Denis Gonthier <neumann@lostwebsite.net>
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Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2018 15:01:18 +0300
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Subject: [PATCH] Load man-pages from system-wide directory
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Patch allows one to use standard man path with erl -man command.
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(Erlang manual pages are placed to /usr/share/man/ hierarchy
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as required by Debian policy.)
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diff --git a/erts/etc/common/erlexec.c b/erts/etc/common/erlexec.c
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index 06182c25ce..b41ae3a90a 100644
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--- a/erts/etc/common/erlexec.c
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+++ b/erts/etc/common/erlexec.c
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@@ -722,8 +722,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
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error("-man not supported on Windows");
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#else
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argv[i] = "man";
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- erts_snprintf(tmpStr, sizeof(tmpStr), "%s/man", rootdir);
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- set_env("MANPATH", tmpStr);
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+ /*
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+ * Conform to erlang-manpages content.
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+ */
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+ putenv(strsave("MANSECT=3erl:1:5:7"));
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execvp("man", argv+i);
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error("Could not execute the 'man' command.");
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#endif
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