After going to grub2, /usr/share/man/man8/grub.8.gz not cleaned up
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| man-db (Debian) |
New
|
Unknown
|
|||
| man-db (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
|
Wishlist
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: grub-pc
After upgrading to grub2/grub-pc, it looks like some of the man page entries aren't cleaned up. (eg the files were removed, but man still thinks these files exist.
man --wildcard grub
man: can't resolve /usr/share/
man: can't resolve /usr/share/
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10
$ apt-cache policy grub-pc
grub-pc:
Installed: 1.96+20090725-
Candidate: 1.96+20090725-
Version table:
*** 1.96+20090725-
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
$ apt-cache policy grub-common
grub-common:
Installed: 1.96+20090725-
Candidate: 1.96+20090725-
Version table:
*** 1.96+20090725-
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
$ dpkg-query -l |grep -i grub
rc grub 0.97-29ubuntu56 GRand Unified Bootloader
ii grub-common 1.96+20090725-
ii grub-pc 1.96+20090725-
| Ryan (ubuntu-draziw) wrote | #1 |
| Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote | #2 |
| affects: | grub2 (Ubuntu) → man-db (Ubuntu) |
| Changed in man-db (Ubuntu): | |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| status: | New → Triaged |
| Changed in man-db (Debian): | |
| status: | Unknown → New |
fwiw After running mandb -c, the old references were removed.
# mandb -c
Processing manual pages under /usr/share/man...
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/
mandb: warning: /usr/share/
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/
Checking for stray cats under /usr/share/man...
Checking for stray cats under /var/cache/man...
Processing manual pages under /usr/share/
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/
Checking for stray cats under /usr/share/
Checking for stray cats under /var/cache/
Processing manual pages under /usr/share/
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/
Checking for stray cats under /usr/share/
Checking for stray cats under /var/cache/
Processing manual pages under /usr/share/
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/
Checking for stray cats under /usr/share/
Checking for stray cats under /var/cache/
Processing manual pages under /usr/share/
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/
Checking for stray cats under /usr/share/
Checking for stray cats under /var/cache/
Processing manual pages under /usr/share/
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/
Checking for stray cats under /usr/share/
Checking for stray cats under /var/cache/
Processing manual pages under /usr/share/
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/
Checking for stray cats under /usr/share/
Checking for stray cats under /var/cache/
Processing manual pages under /usr/share/
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/
Checking for stray cats under /usr/share/
Checking for stray cats under /var/cache/
Processing manual pages under /usr/share/
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/
Checking for stray cats under /usr/share/
Checking for stray cats under /var/cache/
Processing manual pages under /usr/share/
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/
Checking for stray cats under /usr/share/
Checking for stray cats under /var/cache/
Processing manual pages under /usr/share/
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/
Checking for stray cats under /usr/share/
Checking for stray cats under /var/cache/
Processing manual pages under /usr/share/
Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/
Checking for stray cats under /usr/share/
Checking for stray cats under /var/cache/
Proce...