Re: Segmentation faults in apropos

[iain d broadfoot <ibroadfo@cis.strath.ac.uk>]

Paul Mackinney wrote:
> I've been running Sid, for some time, lately I've started getting
> segmentaion faults when I run apropos, as in the following:
>
>   $ apropos hyphenation
>   Segmentation fault
>   $ 
>   
> When I run with the debug flag, I get a bunch of normal-looking messages
> about paths, ending with  
>
>   adding mandatory man directories
>   
>   adding /usr/man to manpath
>   /usr/share/man is already in the manpath
>   /usr/X11R6/man is already in the manpath
>   /usr/local/man is already in the manpath
>   add_nls_manpath(): processing
>   /usr/local/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/X11R6/man:/usr/man
>   adding /usr/local/man to manpathlist
>   adding /usr/share/man to manpathlist
>   adding /usr/X11R6/man to manpathlist
>   adding /usr/man to manpathlist
>   lower(hyphenation) = "hyphenation"
>   path=/usr/local/man
>   path=/usr/share/man
>   free_hashtab: 11 entries, 11 (100%) unique
>   Segmentation fault
>   $ 
>
> Any ideas on this?
>
> Thanks, PM

getting it too, seems to be mainly when it can't find a page.

not always though, and i haven't quite figured out the pattern yet.

iain