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From: KH <gentoo-user@××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] man mkisofs is not man mkisofs
Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:49:52
Message-Id: 490C506B.5080207@konstantinhansen.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] man mkisofs is not man mkisofs by Dale
1 Dale schrieb:
2 > KH wrote:
3 >
4 >> Hi,
5 >>
6 >> I once had cdrkit emerged but unmerged it a long time ago.
7 >>
8 >> cdrecord -version
9 >> Cdrecord-ProDVD-ProBD-Clone 2.01.01a50 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu)
10 >> Copyright (C) 1995-2008 Jörg Schilling
11 >> mkisofs -version
12 >> mkisofs 2.01.01a50 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1993-1997
13 >> Eric Youngdale (C) 1997-2008 Jörg Schilling
14 >>
15 >> but today I searched them man for a question I don't want to receive a
16 >> rtfm for. Now I found out:
17 >>
18 >> man mkisofs:
19 >>
20 >> NAME genisoimage - create ISO9660/Joliet/HFS filesystem with optional
21 >> Rock Ridge attributes
22 >>
23 >>
24 >> How can I get rid of this cdrkit stuff I don't want to have any more?
25 >> How to get the real man?
26 >>
27 >> KH
28 >>
29 >
30 > I'm not sure this will help but I have app-cdr/cdrtools-2.01.01_alpha42
31 > installed and it appears to show the mkisofs man page. You may want to
32 > emerge that. I don't think you can have cdrkit and cdrtools installed
33 > at the same time tho. If it helps any, I can burn both CDs and DVDs
34 > with what I have installed.
35 >
36 > If you want a copy of the man page, I would be glad to email you what I
37 > have off list.
38 >
39 > Hope that helps.
40 >
41 > Dale
42 >
43 > :-) :-)
44 >
45 >
46 Hi Dale,
47
48 well I have cdrtools installed, too. You are right, you can ether have
49 cdrkit or cdrtools. Well I think cdrkit is still somewhere breaking
50 something. The man should be removed if you unmerge a program. It is
51 taking the place of mkisofs man from cdrtools.
52
53 kh