Bug#1235: man -k gives errors
Package: man
Version: 2.3.7 3
[ This is a similar, but different bug than that reported by Ian J. in
bug # 978 for man-1.5-1 on June 11th. ]
Running man with the '-k' option on my debian system gives the following
error...
`man -k rm`
grm (1) - a secure 'rm' command
rm (1) - remove files
apropos: warning: can't read the fallback whatis text database.
apropos: /usr/X11R6/man/whatis: No such file or directory
`whatis rm` gives a similar error.
I cannot find a `makewhatis` script anywhere, but then I've only ever
seen one on an old SunOS system.
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