Description of problem: With the old man package, one could put .so bar.1 into a man page file (say, foo.1) and man foo would display the manpage for bar. This no longer works, as man is looking for the target manpage file in /usr/share/man instead of the same location as the original file. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.5.7-7.fc14 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. echo ".so w.1" >/usr/share/man/man1/foo.1 2. man foo Actual results: man: can't open /usr/share/man/w.1: No such file or directory No manual entry for foo Expected results: same as man w
I've already fixed this in the man-db 2.6.0 development branch. I expect to release 2.6.0 in a week or two.
Thanks, now the rawhide version (man-db-2.6.0.2-1) fixes this problem.
Note that this bug was filed against Fedora 14, not rawhide. And I don't see any (even pending) updates for F-14. Please close it only after it is fixed in Fedora 14.
Well, the upstream change was http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~cjwatson/man-db/trunk/revision/1287 if somebody wants to attempt a backport. It was a fairly substantial rearrangement though.
*** Bug 713144 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
man-db-2.5.7-8.fc14 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 14. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/man-db-2.5.7-8.fc14
man-db-2.5.9-5.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/man-db-2.5.9-5.fc15
Hello Colin, I just try to reproduce the problem with 2.6.0 which should be fixed but the version and reproduce the bug there too (reproducer is described in bz 713144). I patch the problem in f14 and f15 there is more possibilities how to add the feature thus I'm not sure whether the one I have used is the preferred one for upstream. The patch is in git now, if you want some other version I can change it.
Package man-db-2.5.9-5.fc15: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 15 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing man-db-2.5.9-5.fc15' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/man-db-2.5.9-5.fc15 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
man-db-2.5.9-5.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
man-db-2.5.7-8.fc14 has been pushed to the Fedora 14 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Problem still present in Fedora 16 $ man reboot man: can't open /usr/share/man/halt.8: No such file or directory
Although this bug is still present in Fedora-16, it is marked closed. Can somebody reopen it?
Hello guys, could you try this build which should fix this issue? man-db-2.6.1-4.fc18 http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=315116 Thanks, peter
man-db-2.6.0.2-5.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/man-db-2.6.0.2-5.fc17
man-db-2.6.0.2-3.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/man-db-2.6.0.2-3.fc16
Package man-db-2.6.0.2-5.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing man-db-2.6.0.2-5.fc17' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-6672/man-db-2.6.0.2-5.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
man-db-2.6.0.2-5.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
man-db-2.6.0.2-3.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.