http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1599
------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-03-05 13:32 ------- In RC1 (Dutch), apropos / makewhatis / whatis don't yield any results at all! I propose that this bug be reopened... ------- 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 :(
