Public bug reported: binutils-common 2.37-1ubuntu1 contains several zero-byte manpages (those showing up with 20 bytes when packed with gzip):
$ dpkg-query -L binutils-common | grep /usr/share/man/man1/ | xargs ls -Sl -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6707 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/ld.gold.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 622 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/dwp.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/addr2line.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/ar.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/as.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/c++filt.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/elfedit.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/gprof.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/ld.bfd.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/nm.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/objcopy.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/objdump.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/ranlib.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/readelf.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/size.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/strings.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/strip.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/gold.1.gz -> ld.gold.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/ld.1.gz -> ld.bfd.1.gz ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10 Package: binutils-common 2.37-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-25.27-generic 5.11.22 Uname: Linux 5.11.0-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu67 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Fri Aug 20 21:15:08 2021 Dependencies: InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-11-26 (1728 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.1) RebootRequiredPkgs: linux-image-5.13.0-14-generic linux-base SourcePackage: binutils UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to impish on 2021-08-08 (12 days ago) ** Affects: binutils (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug impish -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to binutils in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1940712 Title: binutils-common contains several zero-byte manpages Status in binutils package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: binutils-common 2.37-1ubuntu1 contains several zero-byte manpages (those showing up with 20 bytes when packed with gzip): $ dpkg-query -L binutils-common | grep /usr/share/man/man1/ | xargs ls -Sl -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6707 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/ld.gold.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 622 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/dwp.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/addr2line.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/ar.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/as.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/c++filt.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/elfedit.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/gprof.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/ld.bfd.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/nm.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/objcopy.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/objdump.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/ranlib.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/readelf.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/size.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/strings.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/strip.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/gold.1.gz -> ld.gold.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Jul 19 08:20 /usr/share/man/man1/ld.1.gz -> ld.bfd.1.gz ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10 Package: binutils-common 2.37-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.11.0-25.27-generic 5.11.22 Uname: Linux 5.11.0-25-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu67 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Fri Aug 20 21:15:08 2021 Dependencies: InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-11-26 (1728 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - 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