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** Changed in: man-db (Debian)
Status: Unknown => Fix Released
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This bug was fixed in the package man-db - 2.5.7-2ubuntu1
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man-db (2.5.7-2ubuntu1) lucid-proposed; urgency=low
* Backport from trunk:
- Fix a regression introduced in 2.5.7 when running catman in some
locales, most notably in the C locale: while converting the output to
SRU verification for Lucid:
I have reproduced the problem with man-db 2.5.7-2 in lucid and have verified
that the version of man-db 2.5.7-2ubuntu1 in -proposed fixes the issue.
Marking as verification-done
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** Tags removed: verification-needed
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Accepted man-db into lucid-proposed, the package will build now and be
available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to
enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!
** Changed in: man-db (Ubuntu Lucid)
** Changed in: man-db (Ubuntu Lucid)
Status: Triaged => In Progress
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** Description changed:
After running "sudo catman" to update the man page cache, the display of
some man pages will be completely corrupted. Deleting the corresponding
entries in /var/cache/man/cat[1-8]/ will bring back the original man
pages.
I can reproduce this problem with man-db
Yes, I ought to. Milestoning for 10.04.2 so I don't forget.
** Changed in: man-db (Ubuntu Lucid)
Milestone: None => ubuntu-10.04.2
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Is this going to be put into Lucid?
As a workaround, you can do something like: rm -f /var/cache/cat*/*.gz
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** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/man-db
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** Also affects: man-db (Ubuntu Lucid)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: man-db (Ubuntu Lucid)
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: man-db (Ubuntu Lucid)
Importance: Undecided => High
** Changed in: man-db (Ubuntu Lucid)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin Wa
This bug was fixed in the package man-db - 2.5.7-4
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man-db (2.5.7-4) unstable; urgency=low
* Backport from trunk:
- Fix a regression introduced in 2.5.7 when running catman in some
locales, most notably in the C locale: while converting the output to
UTF-8, iconv
Fixed upstream. I intend to backport this to Debian and Ubuntu.
Tue Aug 17 14:29:53 BST 2010 Colin Watson
* src/man.c (display_catman): Add iconv to format_cmd before adding
a compressor.
* NEWS: Document this.
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #593350
http:
Ah, never mind, I just managed to reproduce it myself ...
** Changed in: man-db (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Triaged
** Changed in: man-db (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => High
** Changed in: man-db (Ubuntu)
Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin Watson (cjwatson)
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BTW, the locale difference is interesting, but any fix based on tweaking
it is likely to be incorrect. I'd rather find the underlying cause.
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Could you please add the -d option to man and post the *full* output, so
that I can trace through what's happening?
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If I run `sudo man -L fr_CA.utf8 -caM /usr/share/man 6 nethack' from the
command line, no cache file is created and so the bug does not happen.
If I create a small script that runs the same command, but clears the
environment, I get a junk man page. Here is a such a script:
#!/usr/bin/python
impor
** Summary changed:
- Cached (compressed) man pages are corrupted by conversion to UTF-8
+ Running catman makes man display junk data
** Description changed:
After running "sudo catman" to update the man page cache, the display of
- some man pages will be corrupted. Deleting the corresponding
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