On Wed, 12 Aug 1998, Ed Cogburn wrote: > 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 # > > 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. >
This also happened to me when I upgraded my bo system to hamm (may 98) Admiral Charah Tech Support, Cyberspace Laoag, ISP http://www2.csi.com.ph/~keyoz "Overuse of the smiley is a mark of loserhood" --The Jargon File V4.0.0
