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Re: Librarian problem: can't create index for Unix man pages - SOLVED!

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From: Alex Dommasch
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 16:36
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In article <1992Jul30.171720.28736@fcom.cc.utah.edu> alex@fff.chem.utah.edu  
(Alex Dommasch) writes:
> The subject line says it all.  I accidently deleted the index for the Unix  
man  
> pages in Librarian.  When press the "Create Index" button, it chugs for a few  
> seconds, the button changes to "Update Index" for an instant (like it had  
> created the index), then it changes back to "Create Index".  What's going on?
> 
> Just for the heck of it, I deleted the index on the NeXTUser reference, and  
> successfully recreated it.  The only problem is with the Unix man pages.
> 
Thanks for all the suggestions.

Several people suggested I check permissions on the files and directories  
involved.  I did - no problems there.

One person suggested I delete the carriage return on the end of the  
ixBuildOptions file.  I tried that - no dice.

One person said he had the same problem, and he suspected a bug in Librarian.   
I took his advice, and ran ixBuild with the options listed in the  
ixBuildOptions file.  Worked like a charm.  Thanks for the advice.

If this is a bug (and it certainly seems to be one), I hope it is fixed in 3.0!
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Subject: Re: Librarian problem:  can't create index for Unix man pages - SOLVED!
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