Your message dated Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:17:04 +0000 with message-id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and subject line Bug#477305: fixed in man-db 2.5.3-1 has caused the Debian Bug report #477305, regarding man-db: -f option destroys process return code of whatis to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: man-db Version: 2.5.1-3 Severity: minor >From the man page for man: -f, --whatis Equivalent to whatis. Display a short description from the manual page, if available. See whatis(1) for details. >From the man page for whatis: EXIT STATUS 0 Successful program execution. 1 Usage, syntax or configuration file error. 2 Operational error. 16 No manual pages were found that matched the criteria specified. However, man -f does not use the exit status of whatis; instead, it always returns a zero exit status: $ whatis man; echo $? man (7) - macros to format man pages man (1) - an interface to the on-line reference manuals 0 $ man -f man; echo $? man (7) - macros to format man pages man (1) - an interface to the on-line reference manuals 0 $ whatis foobar; echo $? foobar: nothing appropriate. 16 $ man -f foobar; echo $? foobar: nothing appropriate. 0 The output of [man -f --debug foobar] is attached per the bug-reporting note (but I expect this is a simple case of not propagating the return code). ---> Drake Wilson -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24.2 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages man-db depends on: ii bsdmainutils 6.1.10 collection of more utilities from ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.20 Debian configuration management sy ii dpkg 1.14.18 package maintenance system for Deb ii groff-base 1.18.1.1-20 GNU troff text-formatting system ( ii libc6 2.7-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgdbm3 1.8.3-3 GNU dbm database routines (runtime ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime man-db recommends no packages. -- debconf information: man-db/build-database: true man-db/rebuild-database: true man-db/install-setuid: falseruid=1000, euid=1000 ++priv_drop_count = 1 >From the config file /etc/manpath.config: Mandatory mandir `/usr/man'. Mandatory mandir `/usr/share/man'. Mandatory mandir `/usr/local/man'. Path `/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/usr/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/usr/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/usr/local/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/man'. Path `/usr/local/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/share/man'. Path `/usr/local/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/man'. Path `/usr/local/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/share/man'. Path `/usr/X11R6/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/X11R6/man'. Path `/usr/bin/X11' mapped to mandir `/usr/X11R6/man'. Path `/usr/games' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/opt/bin' mapped to mandir `/opt/man'. Path `/opt/sbin' mapped to mandir `/opt/man'. Global mandir `/usr/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/fsstnd'. Global mandir `/usr/share/man', catdir `/var/cache/man'. Global mandir `/usr/local/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/oldlocal'. Global mandir `/usr/local/share/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/local'. Global mandir `/usr/X11R6/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/X11R6'. Global mandir `/opt/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/opt'. Added section `1'. Added section `n'. Added section `l'. Added section `8'. Added section `3'. Added section `2'. Added section `3posix'. Added section `3pm'. Added section `3perl'. Added section `5'. Added section `4'. Added section `9'. Added section `6'. Added section `7'. `/usr/man' `' `1' `/usr/share/man' `' `1' `/usr/local/man' `' `1' `/bin' `/usr/share/man' `0' `/usr/bin' `/usr/share/man' `0' `/sbin' `/usr/share/man' `0' `/usr/sbin' `/usr/share/man' `0' `/usr/local/bin' `/usr/local/man' `0' `/usr/local/bin' `/usr/local/share/man' `0' `/usr/local/sbin' `/usr/local/man' `0' `/usr/local/sbin' `/usr/local/share/man' `0' `/usr/X11R6/bin' `/usr/X11R6/man' `0' `/usr/bin/X11' `/usr/X11R6/man' `0' `/usr/games' `/usr/share/man' `0' `/opt/bin' `/opt/man' `0' `/opt/sbin' `/opt/man' `0' `/usr/man' `/var/cache/man/fsstnd' `-1' `/usr/share/man' `/var/cache/man' `-1' `/usr/local/man' `/var/cache/man/oldlocal' `-1' `/usr/local/share/man' `/var/cache/man/local' `-1' `/usr/X11R6/man' `/var/cache/man/X11R6' `-1' `/opt/man' `/var/cache/man/opt' `-1' `1' `' `-5' `n' `' `-5' `l' `' `-5' `8' `' `-5' `3' `' `-5' `2' `' `-5' `3posix' `' `-5' `3pm' `' `-5' `3perl' `' `-5' `5' `' `-5' `4' `' `-5' `9' `' `-5' `6' `' `-5' `7' `' `-5' Starting pipeline: /usr/bin/whatis -d foobar [input: {0, NULL}, output: {0, NULL}] >From the config file /etc/manpath.config: Mandatory mandir `/usr/man'. Mandatory mandir `/usr/share/man'. Mandatory mandir `/usr/local/man'. Path `/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/usr/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/usr/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/usr/local/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/man'. Path `/usr/local/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/share/man'. Path `/usr/local/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/man'. Path `/usr/local/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/share/man'. Path `/usr/X11R6/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/X11R6/man'. Path `/usr/bin/X11' mapped to mandir `/usr/X11R6/man'. Path `/usr/games' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/opt/bin' mapped to mandir `/opt/man'. Path `/opt/sbin' mapped to mandir `/opt/man'. Global mandir `/usr/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/fsstnd'. Global mandir `/usr/share/man', catdir `/var/cache/man'. Global mandir `/usr/local/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/oldlocal'. Global mandir `/usr/local/share/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/local'. Global mandir `/usr/X11R6/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/X11R6'. Global mandir `/opt/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/opt'. Added section `1'. Added section `n'. Added section `l'. Added section `8'. Added section `3'. Added section `2'. Added section `3posix'. Added section `3pm'. Added section `3perl'. Added section `5'. Added section `4'. Added section `9'. Added section `6'. Added section `7'. `/usr/man' `' `1' `/usr/share/man' `' `1' `/usr/local/man' `' `1' `/bin' `/usr/share/man' `0' `/usr/bin' `/usr/share/man' `0' `/sbin' `/usr/share/man' `0' `/usr/sbin' `/usr/share/man' `0' `/usr/local/bin' `/usr/local/man' `0' `/usr/local/bin' `/usr/local/share/man' `0' `/usr/local/sbin' `/usr/local/man' `0' `/usr/local/sbin' `/usr/local/share/man' `0' `/usr/X11R6/bin' `/usr/X11R6/man' `0' `/usr/bin/X11' `/usr/X11R6/man' `0' `/usr/games' `/usr/share/man' `0' `/opt/bin' `/opt/man' `0' `/opt/sbin' `/opt/man' `0' `/usr/man' `/var/cache/man/fsstnd' `-1' `/usr/share/man' `/var/cache/man' `-1' `/usr/local/man' `/var/cache/man/oldlocal' `-1' `/usr/local/share/man' `/var/cache/man/local' `-1' `/usr/X11R6/man' `/var/cache/man/X11R6' `-1' `/opt/man' `/var/cache/man/opt' `-1' `1' `' `-5' `n' `' `-5' `l' `' `-5' `8' `' `-5' `3' `' `-5' `2' `' `-5' `3posix' `' `-5' `3pm' `' `-5' `3perl' `' `-5' `5' `' `-5' `4' `' `-5' `9' `' `-5' `6' `' `-5' `7' `' `-5' path directory /usr/local/bin is in the config file adding /usr/local/man to manpath adding /usr/local/share/man to manpath path directory /usr/bin is in the config file adding /usr/share/man to manpath path directory /bin is in the config file /usr/share/man is already in the manpath path directory /usr/games is in the config file /usr/share/man is already in the manpath path directory /home/drake/bin is not in the config file and doesn't have ../man or man subdirectories path directory /home/drake/bin/dwim.d is not in the config file and doesn't have ../man or man subdirectories path directory /sbin is in the config file /usr/share/man is already in the manpath path directory /usr/sbin is in the config file /usr/share/man is already in the manpath path directory /usr/local/sbin is in the config file /usr/local/man is already in the manpath /usr/local/share/man is already in the manpath adding mandatory man directories warning: /usr/man: No such file or directory /usr/share/man is already in the manpath /usr/local/man is already in the manpath add_nls_manpath(): processing /usr/local/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man adding /usr/share/man/en to manpathlist adding /usr/local/man to manpathlist adding /usr/local/share/man to manpathlist adding /usr/share/man to manpathlist lower(foobar) = "foobar" path=/usr/share/man/en path=/usr/local/man path=/usr/local/share/man path=/usr/share/man foobar: nothing appropriate. hash_free: 0 entries, 0 (0%) unique Started "/usr/bin/whatis", pid 31308 Waiting for pipeline: /usr/bin/whatis -d foobar [input: {0, NULL}, output: {0, NULL}] Active processes (1): "/usr/bin/whatis" (31308) -> 4096
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--- Begin Message ---Source: man-db Source-Version: 2.5.3-1 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of man-db, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: man-db_2.5.3-1.diff.gz to pool/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.5.3-1.diff.gz man-db_2.5.3-1.dsc to pool/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.5.3-1.dsc man-db_2.5.3-1_i386.deb to pool/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.5.3-1_i386.deb man-db_2.5.3.orig.tar.gz to pool/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.5.3.orig.tar.gz A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (supplier of updated man-db package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.8 Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:20:59 +0000 Source: man-db Binary: man-db Architecture: source i386 Version: 2.5.3-1 Distribution: experimental Urgency: low Maintainer: Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Changed-By: Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Description: man-db - on-line manual pager Closes: 477305 480678 481226 482424 482791 482792 482810 483589 483862 483951 494989 Changes: man-db (2.5.3-1) experimental; urgency=low . * New upstream release. - Cleaned up a number of possible crashes, memory leaks, and missing error checks found by the Coverity Scan project. - The LANGUAGE environment variable is now tokenised properly, rather than only taking the first two characters of each element. - man now correctly propagates the exit code of whatis or apropos when called with the -f or -k option respectively (closes: #477305). - Fix several manual page synopsis problems (thanks, Yuri Kozlov; closes: #480678, #481226, #482424, #482791, #482792, #482810, #483589, #483862, #483951). - Reduce the number of warnings emitted when using an unrecognised locale (closes: #494989). - manconv and zsoelim are now called internally rather than by executing external programs, to improve performance. - Manual pages may now be compressed with LZMA (although this is probably only worth it for very large pages). - Duplicate manual page hierarchies due to symlinks (e.g. /usr/man -> /usr/share/man) are detected and removed from the search order. - A locale modifier (e.g. @latin) in a directory name must now match the locale if the former is set, in addition to the language and territory. - Bare .so includes (e.g. ".so foo.1" rather than ".so man1/foo.1") now work, although only within the same manual page hierarchy for now (partially fixes #503472). * Add Homepage field. * Policy version 3.8.0: no changes required. * Pass CFLAGS and LDFLAGS to configure rather than make so that we don't have to keep up with the set of warnings that configure decides to enable. Checksums-Sha1: 2b11fef3e851fe093e02ae4a81ccebd01337023c 1084 man-db_2.5.3-1.dsc d3fc901c23b5ecb88afe12733ae93c60c5d2e874 1851833 man-db_2.5.3.orig.tar.gz 2505ae779da94a6e3c3baea1f23ae2952b618622 63234 man-db_2.5.3-1.diff.gz 0ec8831b1537ffa75525a7f304ac411652d6219d 1126040 man-db_2.5.3-1_i386.deb Checksums-Sha256: e368c5d3b5ba2357b2383cd1f515d659026b1d7888f4b904bc2dca083383b05f 1084 man-db_2.5.3-1.dsc c09beb094d2b35f99abed5a6b385863f2d03164416f899b01c8ef97fd1ebf3ef 1851833 man-db_2.5.3.orig.tar.gz 9ebeed796a0847f56ea1fde4f85865128cc7b8223825f73d1a949c4cdd217580 63234 man-db_2.5.3-1.diff.gz 1eefd62b81d10e171b142d54f458798151346bd0fb50ef1aae7fc3c5f1424d2d 1126040 man-db_2.5.3-1_i386.deb Files: 4de2daa6b85ff123e8e0a22dfac7d3b3 1084 doc important man-db_2.5.3-1.dsc 656507b8ff6abd1b7a9af9692ba22edc 1851833 doc important man-db_2.5.3.orig.tar.gz 2c4ec77b9dbaf8165091eee967f47bdc 63234 doc important man-db_2.5.3-1.diff.gz 68609fb26956f107f236b72948859c4a 1126040 doc important man-db_2.5.3-1_i386.deb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Debian developer iD8DBQFJIXev9t0zAhD6TNERAsrvAJ9dtxMPKzn5g1N0pMhb5spp67BUJQCghevR 0Nz6GANIbebQCjajRh3QUaE= =bS1s -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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