Bug#79656: Man pages invalid, incorrect or missing
Package: general
Version: potato 2.2R2 and woody
On a i386 Debian 2.2r2 (was a Slink, a r0 and a r1 before):
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/man'. Wait...mandb: warning:
/usr/share/man/man1/rcs-checkin.xemacs21.1.gz: whatis parse for rcs-chec
kin.xemacs21(1) failed
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/b2m.xemacs21.1.gz: whatis parse for
b2m.xemacs21(1) failed
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/b2m.xemacs21.1.gz: whatis parse for
b2m(1) failed
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/rcs-checkin.xemacs21.1.gz: whatis
parse for rcs-checkin(1) failed
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/gnome-session.1.gz: whatis parse for
gnome-session(1) failed
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/gnome-wm.1.gz: whatis parse for
gnome-wm(1) failed
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/save-session.1.gz: whatis parse for
save-session(1) failed
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/man'. Wait...mandb: warning:
/usr/share/man/man5/default.session.5.gz: whatis parse for default.sessi
on(5) failed
On a i386 Debian Unstable woody (was a Slink and a Potato before)
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/man'. Wait...mandb: warning:
/usr/share/man/man1/ex.1.gz is a dangling symlink
mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man1/ex.1: No such file or directory
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/ex.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so'
request
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/editor.1.gz is a dangling symlink
mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man1/editor.1: No such file or
directory
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/editor.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF
`.so' request
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/view.1.gz is a dangling symlink
mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man1/view.1: No such file or directory
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/view.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so'
request
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/suidperl.1p.gz is a dangling symlink
mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man1/suidperl.1p: No such file or
directory
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/suidperl.1p.gz: bad symlink or ROFF
`.so' request
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/rcs-checkin.xemacs21.1.gz: whatis
parse for rcs-checkin.xemacs21(1) failed
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/b2m.xemacs21.1.gz: whatis parse for
b2m.xemacs21(1) failed
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/vi.1.gz is a dangling symlink
mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man1/vi.1: No such file or directory
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/vi.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so'
request
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/b2m.xemacs21.1.gz: whatis parse for
b2m(1) failed
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/rcs-checkin.xemacs21.1.gz: whatis
parse for rcs-checkin(1) failed
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/suidperl-5.6.1p.gz is a dangling
symlink
mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man1/suidperl-5.6.1p: No such file or
directory
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/suidperl-5.6.1p.gz: bad symlink or
ROFF `.so' request
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/man'. Wait...mandb: warning:
/usr/share/man/man5/default.session.5.gz: whatis parse for
default.session(5) failed
Hope this helps,
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Benoît Sibaud
R&D Engineer France Telecom
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