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Description of problem:
With RHEL6.0 GA, I am getting "Error parsing *roff command from file /usr/share/man/man8/nslcd.8.gz" in the man page of nslcd
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RHEL 6.0
How reproducible:
Just run "man nslcd |& head" from shell.
Actual results:
------------
Error parsing *roff command from file /usr/share/man/man8/nslcd.8.gz
nslcd(8) System Manager’s Manual nslcd(8)
NAME
nslcd - local LDAP name service daemon.
SYNOPSIS
nslcd [ options ]
------------
Expected results:
It should not throw any troff syntax error.
The nslcd manual page is generated from docbook XML (using docbook2x-man) in the source tarball. It should fall back to the included troff files built as part of the release if docbook2x-man isn't available.
The troff files included in the tarball work correctly on Debian.
We don't list docbook2x-man as a build-time requirement, so it turns out that we're not actually rebuilding the man page. The man command appears to be tripping up on the first line in the file ('\" -*- coding: utf-8 -*-). When I run Fedora's db2x_docbook2man command on the .xml file, I get something similar, but that initial single quote turns into a period (.\" -*- coding: us-ascii -*-), which 'man' seems to handle better.
The package containing that command isn't in RHEL, though, so we can't do that. The man-db package, which replaces man in recent Fedora releases, also handles both versions of the file without problems, so in future releases this isn't an issue. So I guess the simplest thing is to patch that character from the tarball's man page when we compile for 6.x.
Description of problem: With RHEL6.0 GA, I am getting "Error parsing *roff command from file /usr/share/man/man8/nslcd.8.gz" in the man page of nslcd Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): RHEL 6.0 How reproducible: Just run "man nslcd |& head" from shell. Actual results: ------------ Error parsing *roff command from file /usr/share/man/man8/nslcd.8.gz nslcd(8) System Manager’s Manual nslcd(8) NAME nslcd - local LDAP name service daemon. SYNOPSIS nslcd [ options ] ------------ Expected results: It should not throw any troff syntax error.