RE: Problem with man
Try, as root, executing
mandb
This should hopefully update your man database.
Though I have to admit, I'm having problems with the whatis feature, and I'm
trying to figure out when it stopped working - when I updated to the latest
slink or kde. Did your man problems happen after a upgrade ?
On 20-Oct-98 Saisanthosh B wrote:
> Man I try to update my man pages cache I get the following
> error message:
>
> [~] $ man -u bash
> Updating index cache for path `/usr/man'. Wait...man: can't open
> /usr/man/man1/gnuserv.1: No such file or directory
> man: warning: /usr/man/man1/gnudoit.xemacs20.1.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.xemacs20.1.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.xemacs20.1.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: 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: /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
>
>
> The first line of the error message states that /usr/man/man1/gnuserv.1
> is not found. But AFAIK, I did not delete any manpage in /usr/man/*
>
> BTW, what package does gnuserv.1 (must be emacs) belong to and why are
> the man pages of gnuattach.xemacs.20.1.gz (and other such files)
> pointing to the man page of gnuserv (which does not exist) ??
>
> --
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> of different places, just write a Unix operating system."
> (By Linus Torvalds)
>
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E-Mail: Geoffrey L. Brimhall <brimhall@pobox.com>
Date: 21-Oct-98
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