Bug#366500: xbase-clients: bad ROFF .so request in some man pages
On Tue, 09 May 2006 the mental interface of
Vincent Lefevre told:
> Package: xbase-clients
> Version: 1:7.0.1-1
> Severity: normal
>
> A "man atobm" gives the error:
>
> man: can't open /usr/share/man/man1x/bitmap.1x: No such file or directory
>
> before the man page can be found.
>
> dixsept:~> gunzip -c /usr/share/man/man1/atobm.1x.gz
> .so man1x/bitmap.1x
>
> but the man page is:
>
> dixsept:~> locate bitmap.1x
> /usr/share/man/man1/bitmap.1x.gz
>
> Other man pages are affected, e.g. xtrap*.
Just run:
$ mandb
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/man/man8'. Wait...
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/man/man1'. Wait...mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man1x/bitmap.1x: No such file or directory
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/atobm.1x.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man1x/bitmap.1x: No such file or directory
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/bmtoa.1x.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man1x/xtrap.1x: No such file or directory
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/xtrapin.1x.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man1x/xtrap.1x: No such file or directory
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/xtrapinfo.1x.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man1x/xtrap.1x: No such file or directory
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/xtrapout.1x.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man1x/xtrap.1x: No such file or directory
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/xtrapproto.1x.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man1x/xtrap.1x: No such file or directory
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/xtrapreset.1x.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man1x/xtrap.1x: No such file or directory
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/xtrapstats.1x.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man1x/xtrap.1x: No such file or directory
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/xtrapchar.1x.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/ucfq.1.gz: whatis parse for ucfq(1) failed
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/man/man7'. Wait...
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/man/man3'. Wait...mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man3x/Xau.3x: No such file or directory
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man3/XauLockAuth.3x.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man3x/Xau.3x: No such file or directory
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man3/XauReadAuth.3x.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man3x/Xau.3x: No such file or directory
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man3/XauWriteAuth.3x.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man3x/Xau.3x: No such file or directory
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man3/XauDisposeAuth.3x.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man3x/Xau.3x: No such file or directory
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man3/XauFileName.3x.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man3/XML::Simple::FAQ.3pm.gz: whatis parse for XML::Simple::FAQ(3pm) failed
mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man3x/Xau.3x: No such file or directory
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man3/XauGetAuthByAddr.3x.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man3x/Xau.3x: No such file or directory
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man3/XauGetBestAuthByAddr.3x.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
mandb: can't open /usr/share/man/man3x/Xau.3x: No such file or directory
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man3/XauUnlockAuth.3x.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request
...
Elimar
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