[Bug 1942063] Re: /usr/man symlink breaks apropos man -k due to fsstnd
This is still confusing and undocumented in Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS I don't know why the extra /fsstnd subdirectory exists or why the MANDB_MAP for /usr/man and /usr/share/man should be different. If you use "ln -s share/man /usr/man" then the easiest work-around is: # cd /var/cache/man # mv fsstnd/* . # rmdir fsstnd # ln -s . fsstnd Now "man -k" works fine. ** Also affects: man-db Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1942063 Title: /usr/man symlink breaks apropos man -k due to fsstnd To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/man-db/+bug/1942063/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1942063] Re: /usr/man symlink breaks apropos man -k due to fsstnd
If you could at least document what "/fsstnd" is (when the mandb man page says FSSTND should use /var/catman not /fsstnd), and why /usr/man and /usr/share/man are different and must look in different places in the MANDB_MAP, then maybe the current behaviour wouldn't look like a bug but a feature. I don't know why /usr/man and /usr/share/man aren't exactly the same in the manpath.config file; any documentation help you can provide would make the current odd behaviour seem less odd. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1942063 Title: /usr/man symlink breaks apropos man -k due to fsstnd To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1942063/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1942063] Re: /usr/man symlink breaks apropos man -k due to fsstnd
This is a bit perplexing, because the transition to /usr/share/man completed before Ubuntu even existed; I think it even predates my taking over maintainership of man-db 20 years ago or so. Is it really easier to go through all of this mess with symlinks rather than just updating a few extremely old scripts? I know reflexes can be harder, but still, it's been 20 years. We can perhaps improve some documentation, but I don't currently think it's going to be worth the development effort to improve handling of the case where somebody has manually inserted a /usr/man symlink. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1942063 Title: /usr/man symlink breaks apropos man -k due to fsstnd To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/man-db/+bug/1942063/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
