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stf92 03-02-2012 10:16 PM
The mystery of GNU Parted in my linux box.
 
Kernel 2.6.21.5, Slackware 12.0

Hi:
Code:

semoi@darkstar:/hdaal/sma_/info/clear$ apropos parted
GNU Parted [parted]  (8)  - a partition manipulation program
semoi@darkstar:/hdaal/sma_/info/clear$ man parted   
No manual entry for parted
semoi@darkstar:/hdaal/sma_/info/clear$ man 8 parted
No entry for parted in section 8 of the manual
semoi@darkstar:/hdaal/sma_/info/clear$ parted --help
bash: parted: command not found
semoi@darkstar:/hdaal/sma_/info/clear$ locate -i parted
semoi@darkstar:/hdaal/sma_/info/cl
What is the sense of this? AFAIK apropos lists man page headings. But then, where did apropos find that heading from?

allend 03-03-2012 05:32 AM
In Slackware 12.0, parted was in /extra. If you did a standard installation then parted is not installed and neither is the man page. The apropos program uses a database, and can provide results that do not apply to your distribution/version.

stf92 03-03-2012 05:43 PM
Your post has made it possible for me to find parted in a few seconds (slack 12.0>disk 3://extra/parted/parted-1.8.7-i486-1.tgz). In 12.0 apropos is in package man-1.6c-i486-2. And the only place within it where apropos is documented is its man page, which says very little. So your remark about apropos is very much welcome. Thanks a lot.

zk1234 03-04-2012 04:36 AM
Just one remark. Slackware 12 was released in 2007. It may be dangerous to use partitioning software that is 4-5 years old...

brianL 03-04-2012 05:40 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by zk1234 (Post 4618049)
Just one remark. Slackware 12 was released in 2007.
But it's still supported. See the ChangeLog.

zk1234 03-05-2012 02:42 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by brianL (Post 4618071)
But it's still supported. See the ChangeLog.
My remark was about partitioning software, and not Slackware :-)


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