Re: Man-db problem
I can confirm the same problem on one server I have running
Filename: pool/updates/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.3.20-18.woody.3_i386.deb
I think it might have started after another update (possibly the perl update).
Not sure. Any info you may have on the matter would be greatly appreciated.
Todd
On August 17, 2003 12:22 am, Phillip Hofmeister wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 at 10:02:58AM -0400, Micah Anderson wrote:
> > This is not a security issue, as far as I can tell. Take a look at
> > /etc/cron.daily/man-db and see what it does. You will see something
> > like this:
> >
> > # regenerate man database
> > if [ -x /usr/bin/mandb ]; then
> > # --pidfile /dev/null so it always starts; mandb isn't really a
> > # but we want to start it like one.
> > start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /dev/null \
> > --startas /usr/bin/mandb --oknodo --chuid man \
> > -- --no-purge --quiet
> > fi
> >
> > Run this on the command line, as root, without the --quiet option, and
> > you will see errors that might need to be fixed.
>
> root@Oneil:~# if [ -x /usr/bin/mandb ]; then
>
> > # --pidfile /dev/null so it always starts; mandb isn't really a
> > # but we want to start it like one.
> > start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /dev/null \
> > --startas
> > /usr/bin/mandb
> > --oknodo --chuid man \
> > -- --no-purge
> > fi
>
> Processing manual pages under /usr/man...
> Checking for stray cats under /usr/man...
> Checking for stray cats under /var/cache/man/fsstnd...
> Processing manual pages under /usr/share/man...
> Checking for stray cats under /usr/share/man...
> Checking for stray cats under /var/cache/man...
> Processing manual pages under /usr/local/man...
> Checking for stray cats under /usr/local/man...
> Checking for stray cats under /var/cache/man/oldlocal...
> Processing manual pages under /usr/X11R6/man...
> Checking for stray cats under /usr/X11R6/man...
> Checking for stray cats under /var/cache/man/X11R6...
> 0 man subdirectories contained newer manual pages.
> 0 manual pages were added.
> 0 stray cats were added.
> root@Oneil:~#
>
> I believe the bug you decribe was fixed is a subsequent DSA release.
>
>
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