GNU bug report logs - #10712
$MANPATH is ignored by man.el

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:52:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 10712 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 10712 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10712: $MANPATH is ignored by man.el
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:19:42 -0500

Glenn Morris wrote:

> It uses man -k (aka apropos).

bash_completion, on the other hand, does stat directories from
`man --path', and it's always seemed fast enough to me.
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