Please post the output of 'whatis --debug man'. There are two major implementations of the man suite on Linux. Only one of them provides makewhatis. The one I maintain builds its database in other ways.
** Changed in: man-db (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- apropos, whatis, man -k are broken, makewhatis is missing. Hardy heron i386 server. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/229202 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs