In article <1iknzpi.pbudqouth9icN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz>, dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:
> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: > > > In article <uce-F79936.07363025072008@newsclstr02.news.prodigy.com>, > > Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com> wrote: > > > > > It's interesting, though, that you've got it on a 10.4 machine while a > > > machine I have that was delivered with 10.4 and then upgraded to Leopard > > > doesn't have that version of the page. > > > > Maybe my memory is faulty there. I'm sure I remember using "chflags > > hidden" on 10.4 machines, but I could be mistaken about the man page on > > 10.4. > > > > > What's the date at the bottom of the chflags man page on your machine(s)? > > > > May 14, 2005 > > A possible explanation for the discrepancy (though the details seem to > be different)... > > The Leopard installer has a bug. If you do an "Upgrade" install, you end > up with a mixture of Leopard and Tiger man pages.
You also end up with a micture of other things. For instance, you'll find your Perl installation is hosed due to a mangled set of items in the /System/Library/Perl folder.
I've long avoided "upgrades" with Mac OS X for various reasons, but Leopard really seems to stoop to a new low regarding just how badly it can screw things up!
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