Thanks for your report. I've fixed this upstream, and the fix will be in man-db 2.5.8.
Wed Nov 3 20:27:46 GMT 2010 Colin Watson <email address hidden>
* src/catman.c (parse_for_sec): Explicitly pass -S before section
number, to reduce ambiguity.
* src/man.c (main): In catman mode, never try to guess whether a
page argument is a section, as it's too easy to get this wrong
(Ubuntu bug #664211).
Thanks for your report. I've fixed this upstream, and the fix will be in man-db 2.5.8.
Wed Nov 3 20:27:46 GMT 2010 Colin Watson <email address hidden>
* src/catman.c (parse_for_sec): Explicitly pass -S before section
number, to reduce ambiguity.
* src/man.c (main): In catman mode, never try to guess whether a
page argument is a section, as it's too easy to get this wrong
(Ubuntu bug #664211).