Hi Bill,
> Date: Sun, 22 Oct 95 12:02 PDT > From: Bill Hogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Problem: > > # apropos apropos > Segmentation fault > > > Question: What causes this and how can I make it stop happening? > > > # dpkg --status man > Package: man > Status: install ok installed > Priority: important > Section: doc > Maintainer: Alvar Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Version: 2.3.10 > Revision: 2 > Depends: groff > Description: Display the on-line manual. > > Hmmm, works fine for me so I expect that it could be a corrupt index.db file. Can you use strace to watch the apropos utility and then send me the output and a copy of your index.db file. You could also try a mandb -c to rebuild your index.db file and check that this fixes things. I should then be able to reproduce and fix the problem, apropos should not core dump whatever state the index.db file is in. alvar -- Alvar Bray Meiko Limited Phone: +44 1454 616171 650 Aztec West Fax: +44 1454 618188 Bristol BS12 4SD E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] England WWW: http://www.meiko.com
