Re: apropos: warning: can't read the fallback whatis text database.
Heiko R. Selber wrote:
>
> On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, Fabrizio Polacco wrote:
>
> > On debian-user-digest "Heiko R. Selber" wrote:
> > >
> > > How do I create the fallback whatis database? Do I need it?
> >
> > It should be created automatically.
> > Go superuser and try mandb -c
>
> I did it. It said:
> [...]
it worked.
it builds an index in /var that is used by whatis and apropos commands.
You got the right direction with your original question:
> > > How do I create the fallback whatis database? Do I need it?
No, you don't need it.
the fallback database is a text database that can be created using
whatis -M manpath -w '*' | sort > manpath/whatis
as stated in the whatis manpage.
You can do that to quiet the warning, but at the moment you don't need
that database! (you need it if you are using tkman, for example)
So the problem is in the message.
I've decided to downgrade this message to a debug warning so it will not
appear unless you use the -d option.
It will be included in the next version on man (2.3.10-16) which I hope
will go in Debian 1.2.
When I will upload it I will CC you the changes message.
Fabrizio
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