man-db 2.4.0 review

man-db is a manual page browser. This package provides the man command

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 544K Developer: Colin Watson

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man-db is a manual page browser.

This package provides the man command.

This utility is the primary way of examining the on-line help files (manual pages).

It uses the groff suite of programs to format and display the manual pages.

Other utilities provided include the whatis and apropos commands for searching the manual page database, the manpath utility for determining the manual page search path, and the maintenance utilities mandb, catman, and zsoelim.

Quick Install:

RUN `./configure '
EDIT configuration files/headers if necessary
RUN `make '
RUN `make install '

What's New in This Release:
README: Update or remove references to "man-db-2.3" and similar.
man-db.gnu: Update and sync with GNU.
man-db.lsm: Update.
manual/man_db.me: Replace "2.3.x" with "2.4.x".
po/ca.po, po/cs.po, po/da.po, po/de.po, po/es.po, po/fr.po, po/it.po, po/ja.po: Update with msgmerge.