[9fans] getting message need /sys/man/2/genrandom

[9fans] getting message need /sys/man/2/genrandom

[ROuNIN]

Hello all,
I am not sure why I am getting this message, after doing a recent pull
command:

term% pull
post...
c sys/man/2/rand
a sys/man/2/genrandom 664 sys sys 1196638940
c 386/lib/ape/libap.a
c sys/src/boot/pc/ether82563.c
term% man genrandom
need /sys/man/2/genrandom
term% man genrandom
need /sys/man/2/genrandom


I am new to Plan9. Any feedback will be greatly appreciated.
ROuNIN

Re: [9fans] getting message need /sys/man/2/genrandom

[erik quanstrom]

> term% pull
> post...
> c sys/man/2/rand
> a sys/man/2/genrandom 664 sys sys 1196638940
> c 386/lib/ape/libap.a
> c sys/src/boot/pc/ether82563.c
> term% man genrandom
> need /sys/man/2/genrandom
> term% man genrandom
> need /sys/man/2/genrandom

that is very strange.  "need $x" is printed
when test -f $x fails.  this test is to guard
against the case where the man page exists
in the section index (/sys/man/?/INDEX)
but doesn't exist.  test -f is false if
dirstat returns nil or the file is a directory.
unless of course, you /bin/test is something
different than /386/bin/test
	sum /386/bin/test /bin/test
should produce two identicial lines.

on my system with ken's fs, there's no way
to make test -f false and be able to read the
index.  perhaps there is some wierd mode
setting on fossil that makes this possible.
i think
	ls -ld /sys/man/2^('' INDEX genrandom)
would likely provide the answer.

- erik