http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1599
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-03-14 18:36 ------- I don't know -- this seems to still not be fixed in rc2. I have to manually link from /var/cache/man/en_US/whatis to /var/cache/man/whatis in order for apropos to work. It may be "normal" for the various whatis files to sit in their appropriate locale directories, but if that's the case then there should be some idiot- proof way for the user to tell apropos which one to look at instead of just giving no result when running apropos. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. ------- Reminder: ------- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: RESOLVED creation_date: description: as wrote klaus in bug #32 (which is marked as invalid), there is problem in whatis database update. i have more detailed description about this: after install, there is created in /var/cache/man/ a whatis file, where whatis client searches description of command. but if during install is selected other than standard locale, new whatis database is created into /var/cache/man/$LANG(?) directory, where whatis command can't searches. i know, that this is bug in one of man package component, and can be fixed by developers, but we can create small dirty hack in makewahtis.cron daily job: ln -s /var/cache/man/$LANG/whatis /var/cache/man/whatis, or cat /var/cache/man/$LANG/whatis >> /var/cache/man/whatis, or something else what do you like. thierry, it is possible to commit this fix? because under localized enviroment in fact, whatis is unusable :(
