On 2014-01-05, Mike McClain wrote:
> Some program, I presume mandb keeps recreating /var/cache/man/cs/ etc.
It looks like a bug!
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=23522
Colin Watson says:
Version 0.0.20 or greater of the 'localepurge' package now allows the
sysadmin to purge
On Thu 10 Apr 2014 at 09:22:10 -0700, Mike McClain wrote:
> What are the advantages of mandb?
>From mandb(8):
mandb is used to initialise or manually update index database
caches that are usually maintained by man. The caches contain
information relevant to the current state of the manu
wow. ever thought of getting into law practice? :-)
i think i touched on a very touchy issue here. i'll just go find a simple
project for my python.
thanks for all the replies guys!
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On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 03:13:10PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 01:44:45PM +0200, Cliff Sarginson ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 11:49:11AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > > On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 10:31:47PM +0800, Rino Mardo wrote:
I agree wit
Brian Nelson wrote:
> I also agree. I think what bothers me most about info pages is that
> they often read like books.
Not suprising, they often *are* books. I have a book on my shelf that
has about a 100% correspondence to the gdb info page. Though the gdb
info page lacks RPM's autograph..
--
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 11:54:09PM -0400, Brian Nelson wrote:
> I also agree. I think what bothers me most about info pages is that
> they often read like books. They're usually arranged in a format
> resembling chapters covering each topic in thorough detail. This is
> fine if I want to read a
"Karsten M. Self" writes:
> The problem is that this is often specifically what is *not* sought by
> those who are looking for manpages. What's wanted is a short, concise,
> but illustrative reference providing:
>
> - A functional description of the command.
>
> - A synopsis of all options
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 03:13:10PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> Personally, I'd strongly recommend that the GNU project revisit the
> issue of info pages altogether. They're not popular, they don't
> adequately replace man pages, and there is a far more successful and
> ubiquitous hypertext mod
on Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 01:44:45PM +0200, Cliff Sarginson ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 11:49:11AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 10:31:47PM +0800, Rino Mardo wrote:
> > > getting a little OT here but can all the man databases be converted to
> > > in
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 11:49:11AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 10:31:47PM +0800, Rino Mardo wrote:
> > getting a little OT here but can all the man databases be converted to
> > info files? what can a "python" newbie do or have to follow in order
> > to do this?
>
> You m
On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 10:31:47PM +0800, Rino Mardo wrote:
> getting a little OT here but can all the man databases be converted to
> info files? what can a "python" newbie do or have to follow in order
> to do this?
You might be able to do it, but then I'd have to kill you ;)
Besides, the info
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Subject: Re: mandb gets stuck!
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 11:36:08PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > on Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 04:25:01AM -0500, Colin Watson
> > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > > I'm afraid none
On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 11:36:08PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 04:25:01AM -0500, Colin Watson
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > I'm afraid none of that will work - it turns out it's the database
> > (/var/cache/man/X11R6/index.bt) that's broken, not the man pages.
>
> Ho
on Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 04:25:01AM -0500, Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 12:37:05AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > My suggestion:
> >
> >- rename /usr/X11R6/man/man3 to /usr/X11/man/man3-bak
> >
> >- create a directory /usr/X11R6/man/man3
> >
> >
On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 12:37:05AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> My suggestion:
>
>- rename /usr/X11R6/man/man3 to /usr/X11/man/man3-bak
>
>- create a directory /usr/X11R6/man/man3
>
>- create symlinks for half the files in man3-bak:
>
>$ cd /usr/X11R6/man/man3
>$
on Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 07:13:22PM -0400, Eugene Tyurin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
>
> Ok, man-db is version 2.3.19-5
>
> mandb -d -c >>/tmp/mandb.log 2>>/tmp/mandb.log seems to get stuck
> at this point:
>
> free_hashtab: 2090 entries, 1302 (62%) unique
> done.
> catpath: /var/cache/man, manpa
Ok, man-db is version 2.3.19-5
mandb -d -c >>/tmp/mandb.log 2>>/tmp/mandb.log seems to get stuck
at this point:
free_hashtab: 2090 entries, 1302 (62%) unique
done.
catpath: /var/cache/man, manpath: /usr/share/man
Testing for existence: /usr/share/man/man1/strace.1
Testing for existence: /usr/sha
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 02:04:13AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > on Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 09:31:40PM -0400, Eugene Tyurin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > wrote:
>
> > What's /usr/local/man look like?
>
> My /usr/local/man is empty - does not even have manN subdirs.
>
> > Have you tried running s
on Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 08:14:07AM -0400, Eugene Tyurin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 02:04:13AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> > on Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 09:31:40PM -0400, Eugene Tyurin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > wrote:
>
> > What's /usr/local/man look like?
>
> My /usr/lo
On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 02:04:13AM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> on Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 09:31:40PM -0400, Eugene Tyurin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> wrote:
> What's /usr/local/man look like?
My /usr/local/man is empty - does not even have manN subdirs.
> Have you tried running strace on mandb?
R
on Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 09:31:40PM -0400, Eugene Tyurin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> A few weeks ago, perhaps, I upgraded something on my woody box - and
> now I can't satisfy the mandb gods. Mandb runs through cron.weekly
> until I kill it - for a few days. I tried to run it manu
On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 09:31:40PM -0400, Eugene Tyurin wrote:
> A few weeks ago, perhaps, I upgraded something on my woody box - and
> now I can't satisfy the mandb gods. Mandb runs through cron.weekly
> until I kill it - for a few days. I tried to run it manually to
> create a db from scratch,
>I meant more the Debian version - try 'dpkg -s vim', and look at the
>'Version:' line.
Oic.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -s vim | grep Version
Version: 5.6.070-1
Sven
"Sven Burgener" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Colin Watson wrote:
>>(What version of vim are you using?)
>
>hp:~# vim --version
>VIM - Vi IMproved 5.6 (2000 Jan 16, compiled May 1 2000 16:14:28)
>Included patches: 1-62, 64-70
I meant more the Debian version - try 'dpkg -s vim', and look at the
'Ver
>At one point, there was a bug that caused vim to disappear from the
list
>of choices for vi, ex, and so on, and it wasn't fixed properly. I've
>mailed the maintainer about it. (What version of vim are you using?)
hp:~# vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 5.6 (2000 Jan 16, compiled May 1 2000 16:14:2
"Sven Burgener" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Colin Watson wrote:
>>Are you running vim? vim's alternatives keep breaking. :( I've already
>
>Yes, I use vim. What do you mean by "vim's alternatives keep breaking"?
/usr/share/doc/debian/FAQ/ch-customizing.html, section 10.10, should
give you a decent
>Are you running vim? vim's alternatives keep breaking. :( I've already
Yes, I use vim. What do you mean by "vim's alternatives keep breaking"?
>reported a previous iteration of this bug, I may get round to doing it
>again ...
When / how will this be fixed?
Sven
"Sven Burgener" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello
>
>Whenever I run "mandb" for the first time (after starting up the
>system), I get errors. When I then rerun "mandb" those errors dont
>appear. How can I fix them?
>
>
>Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/man'. Wait...
>Updating index cache f
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Account for Debian group mail) wrote:
>I tried to update our manual data base using mandb on one of our machines.
>I keep getting this error message:
>
>Processing ma
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Johann Spies wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 04:31:53PM -0700, Rick Macdonald wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Johann Spies wrote:
> >
> > > After installing a few potato packages the manpages of some of them are
> > > not available although they are there.
> >
> > I hope th
On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Johann Spies wrote:
> I am trying to understand how man works. I have a mixed slink/potato
> system. It seems to me that potato puts the manpages in /usr/share/man. So
> I added /usr/share/man in /etc/manpath.conf and also in ~/.bash_profile
> (the latter apparently causes "m
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