Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 20:16:42 -0500 (EST) From: parv_@yahoo.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: gnu/32954: makewhatis doesn't remove entries for nonexistent manpages by default Message-ID: <20011218011642.3434A50D10@moo.holy.cow>
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>Number: 32954 >Category: gnu >Synopsis: makewhatis doesn't remove entries for nonexistent manpages by default >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Dec 17 17:20:00 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: parv >Release: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE i386 >Organization: >Environment: freebsd version is 4.4-stable as of 2001.10.03.02.12.13 below are are the dates & version of makewhatis* files... 99.08.27.23.36.10 src/gnu/usr.bin/man/makewhatis/makewhatis.local.sh,v 1.7 2001.04.25.14.04.13 src/gnu/usr.bin/man/makewhatis/Makefile,v 1.16.2.2 2001.08.13.09.05.58 src/gnu/usr.bin/man/makewhatis/makewhatis.perl,v 1.21.2.3 2001.08.16.10.14.57 src/gnu/usr.bin/man/makewhatis/makewhatis.1,v 1.14.2.6 2001.08.16.10.14.57 src/gnu/usr.bin/man/makewhatis/makewhatis.local.8,v 1.8.2.3 >Description: makewhatis doesn't remove entries for nonexistent manpages by default. i issued this command... # cd /usr/local/man # makewhatis /usr/local/man in its manpage, there is no mention of the default behaviour. -v option would only "issue more warnings"; -a option would append to the database w/o checking if old entries are valid. and that's what puzzles me. i didn't specify the -a option, yet just that was happening. i had to delete the existing whatis database so that changes in /usr/local/man would reflect. >How-To-Repeat: - create whatis database in an appropriate directory, say, /usr/local/man. - move the whatis db to other name. - change /usr/local/man's contents by (re)moving man/cat file(s). - recreate whatis db and comapare w/ the old version. >Fix: either document the default -a option (as described above) in makewhtais(1), or fix the makewhatis. if manpage is modified, then please also add that to have fresh & clean whatis db, the current "whatis" needs to (re)moved. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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