was just investigating a problem where `man $PROGRAM_NAME` wasn't working and I was reminded about how time consuming investigating seemingly simple command line problems can be. We:
* updated the MANPATH to include homebrew's man dir
* ran `find / -name $PROGRAM_NAME.1.gz` to verify that the page wasn't anywhere on the system
* ultimately realized that the homebrew package just wasn't installing the man page at all
* installed the man page manually
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