Lee Bradshaw wrote: > > I'm having problems with some man pages. The warnings about "bad symlink > or ROFF `.so' request" sometimes show up when typing "man somecommand". > Is there a way to get rid of these warnings? Here are some of the > relevant files and warnings: > > freefall /usr/man/man1 # ls -l gnu* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Jul 23 01:23 gnuattach.1.gz -> > /etc/alternatives/gnuattach.1.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 60 Apr 21 01:50 gnuattach.xemacs20.1.gz > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Jul 23 01:23 gnuclient.1.gz -> > /etc/alternatives/gnuclient.1.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 60 Apr 21 01:50 gnuclient.xemacs20.1.gz > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Jul 23 01:23 gnudoit.1.gz -> > /etc/alternatives/gnudoit.1.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 58 Apr 21 01:50 gnudoit.xemacs20.1.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3060 Mar 27 05:04 gnuplot.1.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4620 Apr 21 01:50 gnuserv.xemacs20.1.gz > > freefall /usr/man/man1 # mandb -c > Processing manual pages under /usr/man... > mandb: warning: /usr/man/man8/mailq.8.gz: whatis parse for mailq(8) failed > mandb: warning: /usr/man/man8/sendmail.8.gz: whatis parse for sendmail(8) > failed > mandb: warning: /usr/man/man8/runq.8.gz: whatis parse for runq(8) failed > mandb: warning: /usr/man/man8/rmail.8.gz: whatis parse for rmail(8) failed > mandb: warning: /usr/man/man8/rsmtp.8.gz: whatis parse for rsmtp(8) failed > mandb: warning: /usr/man/man8/in.smtpd.8.gz: whatis parse for in.smtpd(8) > failed > mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/uupath.1.gz: whatis parse for uupath(1) failed > mandb: can't open /usr/man/man1/gnuserv.1: No such file or directory > mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/gnuclient.xemacs20.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF > `.so' request > mandb: can't open /usr/man/man1/gnuserv.1: No such file or directory > mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/gnuattach.xemacs20.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF > `.so' request > mandb: can't open /usr/man/man1/gnuserv.1: No such file or directory > mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/gnuclient.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' > request > mandb: can't open /usr/man/man1/gnuserv.1: No such file or directory > mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/gnuattach.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' > request > mandb: can't open /usr/man/man1/gnuserv.1: No such file or directory > mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/gnudoit.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request > mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/pstogif.xemacs20.1.gz is a dangling symlink > mandb: can't open /usr/man/man1/pstogif.1: No such file or directory > mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/pstogif.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' request > mandb: can't open /usr/man/man1/gnuserv.1: No such file or directory > mandb: warning: /usr/man/man1/gnudoit.xemacs20.1.gz: bad symlink or ROFF `.so' > request > mandb: warning: /usr/man/man7/pgp-intro.7.gz: whatis parse for pgp-intro(7) > failed > mandb: warning: /usr/man/man7/pgp-integration.7.gz: whatis parse for > pgp-integration(7) failed > Checking for stray cats under /usr/man... > Checking for stray cats under /var/catman... > Processing manual pages under /usr/local/man... > mandb: warning: /usr/local/man/man7/pgp-integration.7: whatis parse for > pgp-integration(7) failed > mandb: warning: /usr/local/man/man7/pgp-intro.7: whatis parse for pgp-intro(7) > failed > Checking for stray cats under /usr/local/man... > Checking for stray cats under /var/catman/local... > Processing manual pages under /usr/X11R6/man... > Checking for stray cats under /usr/X11R6/man... > Checking for stray cats under /var/catman/X11R6... > 23 man subdirectories contained newer manual pages. > 2920 manual pages and 0 stray cats were added. > freefall /usr/man/man1 # > > -- > Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) > Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
I have been getting these same errors for quite some time. It involves symlinks to and from the /etc/alternatives dir. I've never been quite sure what the problem is, so I don't know which package is at fault for this, but something needs a bug report filed against it for this. -- Ed C.