lots of man errors...
When I do a "man <something>" the man command works okay, and displays
the information I am looking for, but only after several pages of
errors. Here is a copy of the last page of errors; errors coming
before this are of a similar nature:
man: warning: /etc/alternatives/b2m.1.gz is a dangling symlink
man: can't open /usr/man/man1/b2m.1: No such file or directory
man: warning: /usr/man/man1/b2m.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
man: can't open /usr/man/man1/gnuserv.1: No such file or directory
man: warning: /usr/man/man1/gnudoit.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
man: warning: /etc/alternatives/emacsclient.1.gz is a dangling symlink
man: can't open /usr/man/man1/emacsclient.1: No such file or directory
man: warning: /usr/man/man1/emacsclient.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
man: can't open /usr/man/man1/gnuserv.1: No such file or directory
man: warning: /usr/man/man1/gnuclient.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
man: can't open /usr/man/man1/gnuserv.1: No such file or directory
man: warning: /usr/man/man1/gnuattach.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
man: warning: /etc/alternatives/rcs-checkin.1.gz is a dangling symlink
man: can't open /usr/man/man1/rcs-checkin.1: No such file or directory
man: warning: /usr/man/man1/rcs-checkin.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
man: warning: /usr/man/man1/xemacs19.1.gz is a dangling symlink
man: can't open /usr/man/man1/xemacs.1: No such file or directory
man: warning: /usr/man/man1/xemacs.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
man: warning: /usr/man/man1/pstogif.xemacs20.1.gz is a dangling symlink
man: can't open /usr/man/man1/pstogif.1: No such file or directory
man: warning: /usr/man/man1/pstogif.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
done.
These don't appear to be serious problems, but are aesthetically
repulsive and distracting. What is the best way to rid my system of
these errors?
A quick note: I dpkg -r all of the xemacs20 package, and installed
xemacs19 to work around the Ctrl-Z in text mode bug... I'm guessing
dpkg left a lot of crud behind that it should have nuked...?
Thanks!
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