Bug 2392178 - vim-common man pages show errors "man ... is self referencing" or "no manual entry for ..."
Summary: vim-common man pages show errors "man ... is self referencing" or "no manual ...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: vim
Version: 42
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
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Assignee: Zdenek Dohnal
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-08-31 03:37 UTC by M. Schlegel
Modified: 2025-09-14 00:16 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: vim-9.1.1723-1.fc44 vim-9.1.1723-1.fc42 vim-9.1.1723-1.fc41 vim-9.1.1723-2.fc43
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Last Closed: 2025-09-01 16:38:01 UTC
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Description M. Schlegel 2025-08-31 03:37:09 UTC
vim packages were upgraded to version 9.1.1706-1 on Fedora 42

Afterwards, the man pages conveyed in the 'vim-common' frequently show errors such as the man page is "self referencing" and an "exit status 1" dump or with a "no manual entry" error

man vim
man: /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz is self referencing
man: /usr/share/man/man5/virc.5.gz is self referencing
man: command exited with status 1: (cd /usr/share/man && /usr/libexec/man-db/zsoelim) | (cd /usr/share/man && /usr/libexec/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE) | (cd /usr/share/man && preconv -e UTF-8) | (cd /usr/share/man && nroff -mandoc -rLL=204n -rLT=204n -Tutf8)

man vimx
man: /usr/share/man/man1/vimx.1.gz is self referencing
No manual entry for vimx


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. upgrade to vim-common version 9.1.1706-1
2. run man commands against the man files in that package

Actual Results:
After vim-common is upgraded to 9.1.1706-1, man page commands generally fail for the man pages in that package with errors:
1. "No manual entry for <man pagename>" or
2. "man: <path to man page> is self referencing"

Expected Results:
Man pages should work after upgrading vim-common

Additional Information:
The problem was confirmed on three different systems

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2025-09-01 15:48:29 UTC
FEDORA-2025-22c4932bba (vim-9.1.1723-1.fc44) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 44.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-22c4932bba

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2025-09-01 16:38:01 UTC
FEDORA-2025-22c4932bba (vim-9.1.1723-1.fc44) has been pushed to the Fedora 44 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2025-09-01 17:12:48 UTC
FEDORA-2025-04a518fdf0 (vim-9.1.1723-1.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-04a518fdf0

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2025-09-01 17:40:17 UTC
FEDORA-2025-43e5a23331 (vim-9.1.1723-1.fc41) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 41.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-43e5a23331

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2025-09-02 00:50:45 UTC
FEDORA-2025-04a518fdf0 has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-04a518fdf0`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-04a518fdf0

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2025-09-02 01:33:09 UTC
FEDORA-2025-43e5a23331 has been pushed to the Fedora 41 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-43e5a23331`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-43e5a23331

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2025-09-02 05:46:37 UTC
FEDORA-2025-62e3a9a7c9 (vim-9.1.1723-1.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-62e3a9a7c9

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2025-09-03 01:45:53 UTC
FEDORA-2025-04a518fdf0 (vim-9.1.1723-1.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2025-09-06 02:38:11 UTC
FEDORA-2025-43e5a23331 (vim-9.1.1723-1.fc41) has been pushed to the Fedora 41 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2025-09-14 00:16:37 UTC
FEDORA-2025-91bb42b6e9 (vim-9.1.1723-2.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.


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