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  1. <sect2>
  2. <title>Command explanations</title>
  3. <para><userinput>PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/bin ./configure -default</userinput>:
  4. The paths to some programs get written into man's files. Unfortunately, the
  5. configure script picks the last location in PATH rather than the first
  6. where a program is found. By appending /usr/bin:/bin to PATH for the
  7. ./configure command, we make sure that man doesn't use the /static versions
  8. of our programs.</para>
  9. <para><userinput>patch...:</userinput>
  10. These three patches comment out one of the lines in the
  11. <filename>man.conf</filename> file (MANPATH /usr/man) because it will create
  12. redundant results when using programs like <userinput>whatis</userinput>.
  13. It also adds the <emphasis>-R</emphasis> option to the
  14. <emphasis>PAGER</emphasis> variable so man pages are displayed properly.
  15. Lastly, the patch fixes the problem where man pages are not formatted with
  16. more than 80 columns when used with the recent groff versions.</para>
  17. </sect2>