Description of problem: Cannot display manpage for postfix's mailq(1) command. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): postfix-2.3.3-2.1.el5_2 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. yum install postfix && alternatives --set mta /usr/bin/sendmail.postfix && man mailq 2. Observe that "man mailq" fails (see below). Actual results: [root@mail ~]# man mailq fopen: No such file or directory Cannot open man page /usr/share/man/man1/sendmail.1.gz No manual entry for mailq [root@mail ~]# Expected results: [root@mail ~]# man mailq (mailq manpage is displayed) Additional info: I think the "/usr/share/man/man1/mailq.postfix.1.gz" file is broken: it references "man1/sendmail.1", but the filesystem only has a "/usr/share/man/man8/sendmail.8.gz". Either that, or the sendmail manpage should be in category 1, not 8.
This bug may be CentOS-specific. My bad.
(In reply to comment #1) > This bug may be CentOS-specific. My bad. I'm also seeing this in "real" RHEL 5
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The following is a work around. <code> ln -s /usr/share/man/man1/sendmail.postfix.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/sendmail.1.gz </code> A symlink could be distributed with an updated rpm.
Created attachment 524904 [details] Backported patch There is same issue with newaliases. The backported patch should fix it all.
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Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. New Contents: Prior to this update the man pages for mailq, newaliases, sendmail and aliases didn't display, because they wasn't supported by alternatives. The support was added to alternatives and now the man pages can be displayed.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-0054.html