[Blends-commit] [SCM] blends-dev branch, master, updated. 8f8514a413f9e89ef3ec8425c5ae6fc4e660889a

[Andreas Tille]

The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 8f8514a413f9e89ef3ec8425c5ae6fc4e660889a
Author: Andreas Tille <tille at debian.org>
Date:   Sun Jul 5 16:24:35 2015 +0200

    Document MANPATH change

diff --git a/doc/en/06_technology.xml b/doc/en/06_technology.xml
index 2c2dd66..4b2df71 100644
--- a/doc/en/06_technology.xml
+++ b/doc/en/06_technology.xml
@@ -992,6 +992,15 @@ If both conditions are fulfilled the PATH gets prepended by
 <filename>/usr/lib/<varname><BLEND-name></varname>/bin</filename>
 and thus the tools residing in this directory were found first.
 </para>
+<para>
+Moreover also MANPATH is prepended by
+<filename>/usr/lib/<varname><BLEND-name></varname>/share/man</filename>
+to enable providing proper manpages to the binaries in the Blends private
+PATH.  Otherwise it might happen that a user might see a manpage of the
+executable in <filename>/usr/bin</filename> which is not the first in the
+search PATH any more.  The location is a topic of further discussion since
+manpages under <filename>/usr/lib</filename> are in conflict with FHS.
+</para>
    </sect1>
 
 </chapter>

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