Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> When I try to view a manual page that's located in /usr/local/man,
> man says it's updating a local index, then gives a segmentation fault.
> Any ideas on how to fix this?
Christoph Lameter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Any way to fix those problems?
This is going back a step: I waited, thinking I might be duplicating
Dale's answer--but I'd suggest one more thing. I had this problem a
little while ago. (I wasn't using an experimental version of dpkg,
though I didn't ever find out just what caused it.) What worked for me
was running mandb with the -c option to completely rebuild the database:
-c, --create
By default, mandb will try to update any previously
created databases. If a database does not exist, it
will create it. This option forces mandb to delete
previous databases and re-create them from scratch.
This may be necessary if a database becomes corrupt
or if a new database storage scheme is introduced
in the future.
I ran it from the command line as root, and without specifying any path,
letting it read /etc/manpath.config. I don't recall what directory I
ran it from, but don't think it mattered. Segfaults went away as silently as
they'd come.
I didn't get the impression you've tried this yet, and if you haven't,
do, because it sounds pretty much like my experience. Hope it helps,
--
Ed Donovan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
