Hi Stuart,
Hmmm I dont know what why you are seing this problem. I have just installed a pristine system here for a co-worker and I dont see the same problem with his machine - the index.db file is created OK (in the correct /var/catman dir). I dont have my sources here at work so I will have to look some more when I get home. In the mean time if you are still having this problem could you please strace the man executable, gzip and uuecode the output, and mail it to me so I can see what is happening. eg% strace -f -o /tmp/strace /usr/bin/man foo Does you man executable have the following permissions? [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ls -l /usr/bin/man -rwsr-xr-x 1 man root 65540 Sep 20 19:54 /usr/bin/man Has your machine always had this problem? Does man work OK for the superuser (root)? Has anyone else seen this problem? You may like to deinstall --purge the man package and reinstall it again and see it the problem goes away. alvar -- Alvar Bray Meiko Limited Phone: +44 1454 616171 650 Aztec West Fax: +44 1454 618188 Bristol BS12 4SD E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] England WWW:
