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Package: man-db
Version: 2.4.3-3
Severity: minor

Hi,

on my mini mac I got the following messages when /etc/cron.weekly/man-db 
is run:

/etc/cron.weekly/man-db:
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: 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/XauFileName.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/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/XauUnlockAuth.3x.gz: bad symlink or 
ROFF `.so' request

I think there is a typo somwehere cause /usr/share/man/man1x and 
/usr/share/man/man3x do not exist on my computer.

Best regards,
Marko

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ii  groff-base                   1.18.1.1-12 GNU troff text-formatting system (
ii  libc6                        2.3.6-10    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgdbm3                     1.8.3-3     GNU dbm database routines (runtime

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On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 01:36:27PM +0200, Marko Kaiser wrote:
> Package: man-db
> Version: 2.4.3-3
> Severity: minor
> 
> Hi,
> 
> on my mini mac I got the following messages when /etc/cron.weekly/man-db 
> is run:

Please file bugs such as this on the packages owning the broken
symlinks. You can find out which these are using 'dpkg -S'. (Look for
the ones saying "bad symlink" rather than the ones saying "No such file
or directory".)

Cheers,

-- 
Colin Watson                                       [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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