/usr/bin/mandb: can't chmod /var/cache/man/oldlocal/CACHEDIR.TAG: No such file or directory

[dino99]

Since the upgrade of man-db (2.7.6-1)
...
 * Adjust various bits of packaging to account for changed ownership and
    permissions of /usr/bin/man, /usr/bin/mandb, and /var/cache/man.

Colin Watson <email address hidden> Sun, 11 Dec 2016 16:27:19 +0000

with each upgrade i now get that error: the 'oldlocal' subdir is missing.

oem@u64:~$ ls /var/cache/man/
CACHEDIR.TAG cat1 cat2 cat3 cat4 cat5 cat6 cat7 cat8 en_GB index.db

The path needs to be tweaked.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
Package: man-db 2.7.6-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.9.0-10.11-generic 4.9.0-rc8
Uname: Linux 4.9.0-10-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Mon Dec 12 16:41:35 2016
SourcePackage: man-db
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[dino99 (9d9)]

man-db (2.7.6.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release:
    - Don't chmod CACHEDIR.TAG if it doesn't exist (closes: #847810).

 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Mon, 12 Dec 2016 12:51:57 +0000