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mandb error messages



When mandb is run, I get the following error messages:
Processing manual pages under /usr/man...
mandb: warning: /usr/man/man8/mailq.8.gz: whatis parse for mailq(8) failed
mandb: warning: /usr/man/man8/sendmail.8.gz: whatis parse for sendmail(8) failed
mandb: warning: /usr/man/man8/runq.8.gz: whatis parse for runq(8) failed
mandb: warning: /usr/man/man8/rmail.8.gz: whatis parse for rmail(8) failed
mandb: warning: /usr/man/man8/rsmtp.8.gz: whatis parse for rsmtp(8) failed
mandb: warning: /usr/man/man8/in.smtpd.8.gz: whatis parse for in.smtpd(8) failed
mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/javac.1.gz is a dangling symlink
mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/javac.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/java.1.gz is a dangling symlink
mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/java.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/appletviewer.1.gz is a dangling symlink
mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/appletviewer.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/jre.1.gz is a dangling symlink
mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/jre.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/sf2text.1.gz: whatis parse for sf2text(1) failed
mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/uupath.1.gz: whatis parse for uupath(1) failed
mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/pland.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
/usr/man/man3/DSA_SetItem.gz: No such file or directory
.3w.gz: No such file or directory

Can anybody assist me in getting to the root of these? Cheers.

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Colin Telmer, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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