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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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: 10712 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10712: $MANPATH is ignored by man.el
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:09:06 -0500

jidanni <at> jidanni.org wrote:

> That's because $MANPATH is ignored by man.el.

It uses man -k (aka apropos). Presumably your MANPATH includes things
that are not in your system's apropos database.
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