You have been subscribed to a public bug by Eric Desrochers (slashd): [Impact] One cannot consult the 'lsof' manpage in two ways: * Using CLI: man lsof * Ubuntu Manpage: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search.py?q=lsof
You will notice the manpage is missing for F and G. Workarounds would be: * Use --help' parameter * Use a search engine to find an 'lsof' online man page. This has been first introduced with the new upstream release of '4.93.2+dfsg-1'. lsof | 4.93.2+dfsg-1 | focal lsof | 4.93.2+dfsg-1 | groovy [Test Case] == CLI == * On an F/G system * Perform: "man lsof" It will errors out as follows: " man: can't open /usr/share/man/./version: No such file or directory No manual entry for lsof " == Ubuntu Manpage == * Browse the Ubuntu Manpage: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search.py?q=lsof No 'lsof' manpage is found for F/G. [Where problem could occur] If a problem arise, it will only affect the lsof manpage. The fix adds a build dependency 'groff-base' that is found in 'main' for all affected release above and pretty much at the same level of code base. groff-base | 1.22.4-4build1 | focal groff-base | 1.22.4-5 | groovy groff-base | 1.22.4-5 | hirsute [Other info] In theory, I would possibly wait for the next bug fixing SRU as an opportunity to merge that change, but according to the d/changelog, there is not much frequent SRU(s) done for 'lsof', so we might have to just fix 'lsof' for this particular case which can be an annoyance for certain Ubuntu users. The package has been fixed in Debian upstream '4.93.2+dfsg-1.1' and auto-synced in Hirsute. It is now needing an SRU for F/G. [Original Description] When trying to view the manpage of lsof, this happens: desktop ~ $ LANG=C man lsof man: can't open /usr/share/man/./version: No such file or directory No manual entry for lsof The man page is present at /usr/share/man/man8/lsof.8.gz. This: zless /usr/share/man/man8/lsof.8.gz reveals that there is the line ".so ./version" at the beginning, with the file "version" not existing. Other man pages don't seem to be affected. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: lsof 4.93.2+dfsg-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.8 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sat Aug 29 13:50:47 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-08-03 (26 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: lsof UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: lsof (Ubuntu) Importance: Low Status: Fix Released ** Affects: lsof (Ubuntu Focal) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: lsof (Ubuntu Groovy) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: lsof (Ubuntu Hirsute) Importance: Low Status: Fix Released ** Affects: lsof (Debian) Importance: Unknown Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal -- man page of lsof command broken https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1893513 You received this bug notification because you are a member of STS Sponsors, which is subscribed to the bug report. -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~sts-sponsors Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~sts-sponsors More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
