Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 20:10:02 -0800 (PST) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: gnu/32954: makewhatis doesn't remove entries for nonexistent manpages by default Message-ID: <200112190410.fBJ4A2P44359@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR gnu/32954; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net>
To: parv_@yahoo.com
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: gnu/32954: makewhatis doesn't remove entries for nonexistent manpages by default
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 13:34:20 -0800
On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 08:16:42PM -0500, parv_@yahoo.com wrote:
> >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.
I can't reproduce this, and I from checking the code I really can't
see how this could happen. Are you sure that you are really removing
the manpage(s) completely from /usr/local/man (i.e. if the page has
multiple links, you'd need to get all of them)?
--
"It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's hilarious."
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| cjclark@jhu.edu
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