Public bug reported:
I use dh_installman to install man pages in a debian package. This fails
on bionic, but succeeds in artful.
In bionic (version man-db 2.8.3-2)
dh_installman --verbose
install -p -m0644 ./debian/fden_clean_nzb.1
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_clean_nzb.1
install -p -m0644 ./debian/fden_create_nzb.1
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_create_nzb.1
install -p -m0644 ./debian/fden_delete_nzb.1
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_delete_nzb.1
install -p -m0644 ./debian/fden_grab_nzb.1
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_grab_nzb.1
install -p -m0644 ./debian/fden_start_nzb.1
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_start_nzb.1
man -l --recode UTF-8
./debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_start_nzb.1 >
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_start_nzb.1.dh-new
man: can't open ./debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_start_nzb.1:
Toegang geweigerd
dh_installman: man -l --recode UTF-8
./debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_start_nzb.1 >
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_start_nzb.1.dh-new returned exit
code 2
dh_installman: Aborting due to earlier error
man -l <relative filename> always fails, also when executed manually. I can
"cat" the indicated manfile without any problem. I also executed the man -l
command in strace and found this:
19540 lstat("/usr/local/share/man", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...})
= 0
19540 stat("./debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_start_nzb.1",
0x7fff5d390630) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
The same command with --debug option:
man -l --recode UTF-8 --debug
./debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_start_nzb.1
ruid=1000, euid=1000
rgid=1000, egid=1000
++priv_drop_count = 1
>From the config file /etc/manpath.config:
Mandatory mandir `/usr/man'.
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'.
Global mandir `/usr/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/fsstnd'.
Global mandir `/usr/share/man', catdir `/var/cache/man'.
Global mandir `/usr/local/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/oldlocal'.
Global mandir `/usr/local/share/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/local'.
Global mandir `/usr/X11R6/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/X11R6'.
Global mandir `/opt/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/opt'.
Added section `1'.
Added section `n'.
Added section `l'.
Added section `8'.
Added section `3'.
Added section `2'.
Added section `3posix'.
Added section `3pm'.
Added section `3perl'.
Added section `3am'.
Added section `5'.
Added section `4'.
Added section `9'.
Added section `6'.
Added section `7'.
`/usr/man' `' `1'
`/usr/share/man' `' `1'
`/usr/local/share/man' `' `1'
`/bin' `/usr/share/man' `0'
`/usr/bin' `/usr/share/man' `0'
`/sbin' `/usr/share/man' `0'
`/usr/sbin' `/usr/share/man' `0'
`/usr/local/bin' `/usr/local/man' `0'
`/usr/local/bin' `/usr/local/share/man' `0'
`/usr/local/sbin' `/usr/local/man' `0'
`/usr/local/sbin' `/usr/local/share/man' `0'
`/usr/X11R6/bin' `/usr/X11R6/man' `0'
`/usr/bin/X11' `/usr/X11R6/man' `0'
`/usr/games' `/usr/share/man' `0'
`/opt/bin' `/opt/man' `0'
`/opt/sbin' `/opt/man' `0'
`/usr/man' `/var/cache/man/fsstnd' `-1'
`/usr/share/man' `/var/cache/man' `-1'
`/usr/local/man' `/var/cache/man/oldlocal' `-1'
`/usr/local/share/man' `/var/cache/man/local' `-1'
`/usr/X11R6/man' `/var/cache/man/X11R6' `-1'
`/opt/man' `/var/cache/man/opt' `-1'
`1' `' `-5'
`n' `' `-5'
`l' `' `-5'
`8' `' `-5'
`3' `' `-5'
`2' `' `-5'
`3posix' `' `-5'
`3pm' `' `-5'
`3perl' `' `-5'
`3am' `' `-5'
`5' `' `-5'
`4' `' `-5'
`9' `' `-5'
`6' `' `-5'
`7' `' `-5'
is a tty
real user = 1000; effective user = 1000
using pager as pager
path directory /usr/local/sbin is in the config file
adding /usr/local/man to manpath
adding /usr/local/share/man to manpath
path directory /usr/local/bin is in the config file
/usr/local/man is already in the manpath
/usr/local/share/man is already in the manpath
path directory /usr/sbin is in the config file
adding /usr/share/man to manpath
path directory /usr/bin is in the config file
/usr/share/man is already in the manpath
path directory /sbin is in the config file
/usr/share/man is already in the manpath
path directory /bin is in the config file
/usr/share/man is already in the manpath
path directory /usr/games is in the config file
/usr/share/man is already in the manpath
path directory /usr/local/games is not in the config file
but does have a ../man, man, ../share/man, or share/man subdirectory
/usr/local/man is already in the manpath
path directory /snap/bin is not in the config file
and doesn't have ../man, man, ../share/man, or share/man subdirectories
adding mandatory man directories
waarschuwing: /usr/man: Bestand of map bestaat niet
/usr/share/man is already in the manpath
/usr/local/share/man is already in the manpath
add_nls_manpaths(): processing
/usr/local/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man
checking for locale nl_BE.UTF-8
manpath search path (with duplicates) =
/usr/share/man/nl:/usr/local/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man
adding /usr/share/man/nl to manpathlist
adding /usr/local/man to manpathlist
adding /usr/local/share/man to manpathlist
adding /usr/share/man to manpathlist
Removing duplicate manpath entry /usr/local/share/man (2) -> /usr/local/man (1)
final search path = /usr/share/man/nl:/usr/local/man:/usr/share/man
++priv_drop_count = 2
man: ./debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_start_nzb.1: Toegang geweigerd
frank@panter:/mnt/packet/linux/bionic/source/fden-usenet/fden-usenet-3.2$
In artful (version man-db 2.7.6.1-2):
dh_installman --verbose
install -p -m0644 ./debian/fden_clean_nzb.1
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_clean_nzb.1
install -p -m0644 ./debian/fden_create_nzb.1
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_create_nzb.1
install -p -m0644 ./debian/fden_delete_nzb.1
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_delete_nzb.1
install -p -m0644 ./debian/fden_grab_nzb.1
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_grab_nzb.1
install -p -m0644 ./debian/fden_start_nzb.1
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_start_nzb.1
man -l --recode UTF-8
./debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_start_nzb.1 >
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_start_nzb.1.dh-new
mv debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_start_nzb.1.dh-new
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_start_nzb.1
man -l --recode UTF-8
./debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_create_nzb.1 >
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_create_nzb.1.dh-new
mv debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_create_nzb.1.dh-new
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_create_nzb.1
man -l --recode UTF-8
./debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_delete_nzb.1 >
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_delete_nzb.1.dh-new
mv debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_delete_nzb.1.dh-new
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_delete_nzb.1
man -l --recode UTF-8
./debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_clean_nzb.1 >
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_clean_nzb.1.dh-new
mv debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_clean_nzb.1.dh-new
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_clean_nzb.1
man -l --recode UTF-8
./debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_grab_nzb.1 >
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_grab_nzb.1.dh-new
mv debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_grab_nzb.1.dh-new
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_grab_nzb.1
chmod 0644 -- debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_start_nzb.1
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_create_nzb.1
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_delete_nzb.1
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_clean_nzb.1
debian/fden-usenet/usr/share/man/man1/fden_grab_nzb.1
My release: lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Release: 18.04
** Affects: man-db (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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