odd man page question... - Page 2

tw · 11-10-2007, 03:12 PM

for those interested, I figured out what was going on. for some reason, Tiger used man page files without any extension (e.g. launchd.plist.5) while Leopard uses files with the correct extension (e.g. launchd.plist.5.gz). the update installed wasn't bright enough to recognize that the two files are the same file, and so it didn't remove the older one. so with both in the folder, unix defaulted (I suppose) to the one that was alphabetically first. removing the un-extensioned files resolved the problem.

Apple... yeesh.

hayne · 11-11-2007, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by tw


	Tiger used man page files without any extension (e.g. launchd.plist.5) while Leopard uses files with the correct extension (e.g. launchd.plist.5.gz). the update installed wasn't bright enough to recognize that the two files are the same file, and so it didn't remove the older one.

You should report this installer bug to Apple:
http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter/bugrptform.html

tw · 11-11-2007, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by hayne


	You should report this installer bug to Apple: http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter/bugrptform.html

done.

and now I have to add more text to satisfy the ten character forum limit on messages. go figure.

11-10-2007, 03:12 PM	#21
tw Hall of Famer Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,263	for those interested, I figured out what was going on. for some reason, Tiger used man page files without any extension (e.g. launchd.plist.5) while Leopard uses files with the correct extension (e.g. launchd.plist.5.gz). the update installed wasn't bright enough to recognize that the two files are the same file, and so it didn't remove the older one. so with both in the folder, unix defaulted (I suppose) to the one that was alphabetically first. removing the un-extensioned files resolved the problem. Apple... yeesh. __________________ Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language. -LW-