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Created attachment 1205957 [details] Debug log Description of problem: If both sendmail and postfix are installed and sendmail is selected as default MTA, 'man sendmail' shows manual page for the postfix not for sendmail. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): man-db-2.7.5-3.fc24.x86_64 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. dnf install sendmail 2. dnf install postfix 3. alternatives --config mta 4. Select sendmail 5. man sendmail Actual results: Manual page for postfix is installed Expected results: Manual page for sendmail is installed Additional info: Debug snip: trying a db located file. name: sendmail sec. ext: 1 section: 1 comp. ext: gz id: C mtime: 1472638160.000000000 pointer: mailq.postfix filter: - whatis: I don't understand why it chooses man1/mailq.postfix if there is much better direct hit i.e.: man8/sendmail.8 I.e.: ls -l /usr/share/man/man8/sendmail.8.gz lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 33 Sep 29 15:59 /usr/share/man/man8/sendmail.8.gz -> /etc/alternatives/mta-sendmailman ls -l /etc/alternatives/mta-sendmailman lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 42 Sep 29 15:59 /etc/alternatives/mta-sendmailman -> /usr/share/man/man8/sendmail.sendmail.8.gz zcat /usr/share/man/man1/mailq.postfix.1.gz .so man1/sendmail.postfix.1 $ zcat /usr/share/man/man1/sendmail.postfix.1.gz | head .TH SENDMAIL 1 .ad .fi .SH NAME sendmail \- Postfix to Sendmail compatibility interface .SH "SYNOPSIS" .na .nf I.e. not such a good match. Adding debug log. I am not sure whether this correctly worked in the past, but IMHO it worked.
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