On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:56:17PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 09:55:10PM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > > My man pages have all disappeared... > > > > I did "man netstat" to look something up, and I got nothing... > > I mean, no error, but it was an empty page. > > > > I tried > > man ls > > man cd > > man aptitude > > etc., etc... > > > > same thing...no man pages... > > I've never, ever, in over a decade of using gnu/linux, ever lost my man > > pages. Man pages are my friend. They've always been there for me. > > I'm lost without them... > > > > This is on squeeze, amd64, updated this morning. > > The machine ran lenny for two years before squeeze. > > I've always had man pages on here. > > > > Where have they gone? > > > > I reinstalled manpages, even, and still, no joy. > > Why have my man pages abandoned me? > > I'm so lost without them... > > > > Please help. > > To clarify one thing, the man pages really haven't disappeared. > They're all in /usr/share/man1 ../man2, etc. > But > man $someprogram > gives me nothing.
Okay, perhaps "nothing" is inaccurate, but, as an example, here is what I see when I do "man ls": Manual page ls(1) line ?/? (END) That's it. Same for any other program. ./tony -- http://www.tonybaldwin.me all tony, all the time! 3F330C6E
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