Librarian problem: can't create index for Unix man pages

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2 total messages Started by Alex Dommasch Thu, 30 Jul 1992 17:17

#533

Author: Alex Dommasch
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 17:17

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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.

Can anybody help me?

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

#560

Author: 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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Alex Dommasch, Programmer                       |--   
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Department of Chemistry, University of Utah     V     
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112                      |->|..
(801)581-7168           FAX: (801)581-4353      |- |. 
alex@fff.chem.utah.edu (NeXT Mail)              |  |

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