Package: man-db
Version: 2.5.5-1
Severity: normal
I used to preview the manpages I write using the following command:
$ man -l manpage.1
This does not work anymore and displays nothing.
It is easy to reproduce :
$ cp /usr/share/man/man1/man.1.gz .
$ gunzip man.1.gz
$ man -l man.1
$
Am I missing something? Isn't this the standard way to preview manpages?
Thanks,
Alex
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.28.9-vgn-b1vp (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF.8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.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] 1.5.26 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg 1.15.1 Debian package management system
ii groff-base 1.18.1.1-22 GNU troff text-formatting system (
ii libc6 2.9-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgdbm3 1.8.3-4 GNU dbm database routines (runtime
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13 compression library - runtime
man-db recommends no packages.
Versions of packages man-db suggests:
pn groff <none> (no description available)
ii iceweasel [www-browser] 3.0.9-1 lightweight web browser based on M
ii less 429-2 pager program similar to more
-- debconf information:
man-db/build-database: true
man-db/rebuild-database: true
man-db/install-setuid: false
ruid=1000, euid=1000
++priv_drop_count = 1
>From the config file /etc/manpath.config:
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Mandatory mandir `/usr/share/man'.
Mandatory mandir `/usr/local/share/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'.
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Global mandir `/usr/share/man', catdir `/var/cache/man'.
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is a tty
real user = 1000; effective user = 1000
using pager -s as pager
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chdir /tmp
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pre-processors `t' from file
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Terminal width 80
Terminal width 80 within cat page range [80, 80]
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(END):?pB %pB\%..$PM Manual page man\.1 ?ltline %lt?L/%L.:byte %bB?s/%s..?e
(END):?pB %pB\%..$
Setting MAN_PN to man\.1
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UTF-8//TRANSLIT [input: {-1, NULL}, output: {-1, NULL}]
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Started "iconv", pid 27552
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Waiting for pipeline: /usr/bin/zsoelim | /usr/lib/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:UTF.8
-t UTF.8//IGNORE | tbl | nroff -mandoc -Tascii8 | iconv -c -f UTF.8 -t
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Active processes (1):
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Waiting for pipeline: pager -s [input: {-1, NULL}, output: {0, NULL}]
Active processes (1):
"pager" (27553) -> -1
Active processes (1):
"pager" (27553) -> 0
--priv_drop_count = 2
--priv_drop_count = 1
