Re: chdir() in mandocdb

[Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>]

>>>> I notice that the chdir() for mandocdb()'s OP_NEW is into the base
>>>> directory of the manuals (e.g., /usr/share/man).  However, when I
>>>> run mandocdb over OpenBSD 5.0, I see a few inconsistencies:
>>>>
>>>>    /usr/X11R6/man/man3/XUngrabDevice.3
>
>>> That was a bug in Xenocara, i fixed it here:
>>>
>>> http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/xenocara/lib/libXi/man/ \
>>>    XIUngrabDevice.man
>
> [...]
>>>> All of these have an `so' in the current directory.  Looking at
>>>> roff(7) for `so', this is the correct behaviour.
>
>>> No; the roff(7) manual muddles the point.
>>> What it says is correct, but only makes sense
>>> when you already know that man(1) does a chdir(2)
>>> to the root of the tree.
>
>> Can we disambiguate roff(7) to this effect, assuming that the man(1)
>> behaviour is consistent across operating systems?
>
> Well, it has to be, X manuals enforce that consistency.
>
> Hence, OK for the following patch?

If Jason ok's it, then it's fine by me too.

Thanks!
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