Mark H Weaver <[email protected]> writes: > Hi Ricardo, > > Ricardo Wurmus <[email protected]> writes: > >>> Which package do I need to install to be able to read the man pages of >>> functions in glibc like 'snprintf' and 'malloc'? >>> >>> I installed glibc, but that does not seem to provide the man pages. >> >> Here’s what I did: >> >> unionfs $(printf "%s:" /gnu/store/*/share/info) ~/tmp/info >> >> This gives me a union of all the beautiful info manuals in the store. >> To read the GNU libc’s info manual I do this in Emacs: >> >> C-u C-h i ~/tmp/info/libc.info.gz RET > > This awkward solution should not be needed. I simply installed > 'gcc-toolchain' in my user profile and access the info manuals in Emacs > using C-h i. Does that not work for you?
It’s not a solution in response to wanting to access libc; I did this because I wanted to have access to all info manuals, regardless of whether I have the packages in my profile or not. I just like browsing them. -- Ricardo GPG: BCA6 89B6 3655 3801 C3C6 2150 197A 5888 235F ACAC https://elephly.net
