Here's the strace from a system where man is still failing the assert:

$ strace man cat
execve("/usr/bin/man", ["man", "cat"], [/* 36 vars */]) = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x8069000
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
mmap2(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f47000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=77171, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 77171, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f34000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libgdbm.so.3", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\200\17"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=19136, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 22112, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f2e000
mmap2(0xb7f33000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x4) = 0xb7f33000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/libz.so.1", O_RDONLY)    = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\20\31\0"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=81240, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 83968, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f19000
mmap2(0xb7f2d000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x13) = 0xb7f2d000
close(3)                                = 0
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\260e\1"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1364388, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f18000
mmap2(NULL, 1369712, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7dc9000
mmap2(0xb7f12000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x149) = 0xb7f12000
mmap2(0xb7f15000, 9840, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f15000
close(3)                                = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7dc8000
set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7dc86b0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
mprotect(0xb7f12000, 4096, PROT_READ)   = 0
munmap(0xb7f34000, 77171)               = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x8069000
brk(0x808a000)                          = 0x808a000
umask(022)                              = 022
open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2586, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f46000
read(3, "# Locale name alias data base.\n#"..., 4096) = 2586
read(3, "", 4096)                       = 0
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0xb7f46000, 4096)                = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_IDENTIFICATION", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=373, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 373, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f46000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=25700, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 25700, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 3, 0) = 0xb7f3f000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MEASUREMENT", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MEASUREMENT", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=23, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 23, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f3e000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_TELEPHONE", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_TELEPHONE", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=59, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 59, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f3d000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_ADDRESS", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_ADDRESS", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=155, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 155, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f3c000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_NAME", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_NAME", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=77, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 77, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f3b000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_PAPER", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_PAPER", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=34, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 34, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f3a000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
close(3)                                = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=52, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 52, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f39000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MONETARY", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MONETARY", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=286, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 286, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f38000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_COLLATE", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_COLLATE", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=921214, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 921214, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ce7000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_TIME", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_TIME", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2451, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 2451, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f37000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_NUMERIC", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_NUMERIC", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=54, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 54, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f36000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_CTYPE", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/lib/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_CTYPE", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=254076, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 254076, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ca8000
close(3)                                = 0
fstat64(0, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(136, 2), ...}) = 0
fstat64(1, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(136, 2), ...}) = 0
fstat64(2, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0620, st_rdev=makedev(136, 2), ...}) = 0
getcwd("/home/wilesed", 4096)           = 14
getuid32()                              = 1000
geteuid32()                             = 1000
rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {0x8058880, [HUP INT TERM CHLD], SA_RESTART|SA_NOCLDSTOP}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGHUP, NULL, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGHUP, {0x80574d0, [], 0}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, NULL, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x80574d0, [], 0}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, NULL, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, {0x80574d0, [], 0}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
open("/home/wilesed/.manpath", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/manpath.config", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=4624, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7ca7000
read(3, "# manpath.config\n#\n# This file i"..., 4096) = 4096
read(3, "he expected way.\n# If a particul"..., 4096) = 528
read(3, "", 4096)                       = 0
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0xb7ca7000, 4096)                = 0
ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en/LC_MESSAGES/man-db.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat64("/usr/local/man", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/local/share/man", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/man", 0xbfb7af88)          = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/local/man", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY|0x80000) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
fcntl64(3, F_GETFD)                     = 0x1 (flags FD_CLOEXEC)
getdents64(3, /* 4 entries */, 4096)    = 96
getdents64(3, /* 0 entries */, 4096)    = 0
open("/usr/local/share/man", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY|0x80000) = 4
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
getdents64(4, /* 4 entries */, 4096)    = 96
getdents64(4, /* 0 entries */, 4096)    = 0
open("/usr/share/man", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY|0x80000) = 5
fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
getdents64(5, /* 44 entries */, 4096)   = 1152
stat64("/usr/share/man/pa", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/ru", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/de", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/da", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/sk", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/vi", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/gl", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/fr", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/hu", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/tr", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/fr.ISO8859-1", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/ja", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/zh_TW", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/nl", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/fr.UTF-8", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/pl.UTF-8", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/de.UTF-8", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/cs", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/sv", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/it", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/fi", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/ru.UTF-8", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/it.UTF-8", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/pl", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/pt_BR", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/zh_CN", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/it.ISO8859-1", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/ko", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/es", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/pt", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/pl.ISO8859-2", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/ru.KOI8-R", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/lt", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/id", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
getdents64(5, /* 0 entries */, 4096)    = 0
stat64("/usr/local/man", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/local/share/man", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGHUP, NULL, {0x80574d0, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, NULL, {0x80574d0, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, NULL, {0x80574d0, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGHUP, NULL, {0x80574d0, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, NULL, {0x80574d0, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGTERM, NULL, {0x80574d0, [], 0}, 8) = 0
open("/usr/local/man/man1", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY|0x80000) = 6
fstat64(6, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0775, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
getdents64(6, /* 10 entries */, 4096)   = 312
getdents64(6, /* 0 entries */, 4096)    = 0
close(6)                                = 0
open("/usr/local/man/cat1", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY|0x80000) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/var/cache/man/oldlocal/index.db", O_RDONLY) = 6
fstat64(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=22497, ...}) = 0
fcntl64(6, F_SETLK, {type=F_RDLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}) = 0
read(6, "\316\232W\23\0\20\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\20\0\0\n\0\0\0\0\20\0"..., 52) = 52
read(6, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 4044) = 4044
lseek(6, 4096, SEEK_SET)                = 4096
read(6, "\0 \0\0\0 \0\0\0 \0\0\0 \0\0\0 \0\0\0 \0\0\0 \0\0\0 \0"..., 4096) = 4096
brk(0x80ab000)                          = 0x80ab000
brk(0x80cc000)                          = 0x80cc000
brk(0x80ed000)                          = 0x80ed000
lseek(6, 8192, SEEK_SET)                = 8192
read(6, "\3\0\0\0\7\0\0\0\371?\0\0+\0\0\0\325O\0\0\37\10\0\0\341"..., 4096) = 4096
lseek(6, 13386, SEEK_SET)               = 13386
read(6, "$version$\0002.4.1\0", 16)     = 16
fcntl64(6, F_SETLK, {type=F_UNLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}) = 0
close(6)                                = 0
brk(0x809b000)                          = 0x809b000
brk(0x809a000)                          = 0x809a000
open("/usr/local/share/man/man1", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY|0x80000) = 6
fstat64(6, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0775, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
getdents64(6, /* 10 entries */, 4096)   = 312
getdents64(6, /* 0 entries */, 4096)    = 0
close(6)                                = 0
open("/usr/local/share/man/cat1", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY|0x80000) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/var/cache/man/local/index.db", O_RDONLY) = 6
fstat64(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=22497, ...}) = 0
fcntl64(6, F_SETLK, {type=F_RDLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}) = 0
read(6, "\316\232W\23\0\20\0\0\0\20\0\0\0\20\0\0\n\0\0\0\0\20\0"..., 52) = 52
read(6, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 4044) = 4044
lseek(6, 4096, SEEK_SET)                = 4096
read(6, "\0 \0\0\0 \0\0\0 \0\0\0 \0\0\0 \0\0\0 \0\0\0 \0\0\0 \0"..., 4096) = 4096
brk(0x80bb000)                          = 0x80bb000
brk(0x80dc000)                          = 0x80dc000
brk(0x80fd000)                          = 0x80fd000
lseek(6, 8192, SEEK_SET)                = 8192
read(6, "\3\0\0\0\7\0\0\0\371?\0\0+\0\0\0\325O\0\0\37\10\0\0\341"..., 4096) = 4096
lseek(6, 13386, SEEK_SET)               = 13386
read(6, "$version$\0002.4.1\0", 16)     = 16
fcntl64(6, F_SETLK, {type=F_UNLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}) = 0
close(6)                                = 0
brk(0x809c000)                          = 0x809c000
open("/usr/share/man/man1", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY|0x80000) = 6
fstat64(6, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=69632, ...}) = 0
getdents64(6, /* 112 entries */, 4096)  = 4064
getdents64(6, /* 109 entries */, 4096)  = 4088
getdents64(6, /* 111 entries */, 4096)  = 4096
getdents64(6, /* 111 entries */, 4096)  = 4088
getdents64(6, /* 109 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(6, /* 107 entries */, 4096)  = 4096
getdents64(6, /* 109 entries */, 4096)  = 4088
getdents64(6, /* 107 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(6, /* 107 entries */, 4096)  = 4088
getdents64(6, /* 110 entries */, 4096)  = 4064
getdents64(6, /* 107 entries */, 4096)  = 4072
getdents64(6, /* 111 entries */, 4096)  = 4088
getdents64(6, /* 109 entries */, 4096)  = 4096
getdents64(6, /* 111 entries */, 4096)  = 4080
getdents64(6, /* 111 entries */, 4096)  = 4088
getdents64(6, /* 107 entries */, 4096)  = 4096
getdents64(6, /* 107 entries */, 4096)  = 4096
getdents64(6, /* 8 entries */, 4096)    = 264
getdents64(6, /* 0 entries */, 4096)    = 0
open("/proc/meminfo", O_RDONLY)         = 7
fstat64(7, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7ca7000
read(7, "MemTotal:       515028 kB\nMemFre"..., 1024) = 728
close(7)                                = 0
munmap(0xb7ca7000, 4096)                = 0
close(6)                                = 0
lstat64("/usr/share/man/man1/cat.1.gz", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1006, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/man1/cat.1.gz", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1006, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/share/man/man1/cat.1.gz", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1006, ...}) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
open("/usr/share/man/man1/cat.1.gz", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 6
pipe([7, 8])                            = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0
clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7dc86f8) = 19531
close(6)                                = 0
close(8)                                = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
--- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/usr/share/locale-langpack/en/LC_MESSAGES/libc.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
write(2, "man: pipeline.c:1143: pipeline_s"..., 73man: pipeline.c:1143: pipeline_sigchld: Assertion `signum == 17' failed.
) = 73
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK, [ABRT], NULL, 8) = 0
gettid()                                = 19530
tgkill(19530, 19530, SIGABRT)           = 0
--- SIGABRT (Aborted) @ 0 (0) ---
+++ killed by SIGABRT +++