Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 07:46:02 +1000 (EST) From: dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, art@hawaii.rr.com Subject: whereis Message-ID: <199909082146.HAA24159@goblin.apana.org.au>
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I have same problem exactly ... the only cure I know is to use "find / -name" instead of "whereis" ...... someone posted a note to the list a while back stating he identified a perl problem and had fixed it with a symbolic link somewhere but it sure didn't work for me when I tried it. ----- Original Message ----- From: Art Neilson, KH7PZ <art@hawaii.rr.com> To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 7:47 PM Subject: whereis(1) > Whereis is driving me nuts, it thinks I have a directory however the directory > does not exist. For example: > > root@pilikia# whereis myfile > Warning: couldn't stat file /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00502/man! > myfile: > > I do not have this directory. > > root@pilikia# ls -l /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00502/man > ls: /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00502/man: No such file or directory > > my version of perl is 5.00503 > > root@pilikia# ls -l /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.00503/man > total 3 > drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 3072 Jul 4 11:26 man3 > > I tried searching my entire filesystem for a possible symlink to a > nonexistant file left behind from the previous perl version > > find / -type l -ls | grep '5.00502' > > however nothing was found. I also tried running the update script > /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate manually, it ran fine however the > problem still exists. How can I rid myself of this bogus reference? > > -- > __ > / ) _/_ It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. > /--/ __ / Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, > / (_/ (_<__ Instead of theories to suit facts. > -- Sherlock Holmes, "A Scandal in Bohemia" > Arthur W. Neilson III, KH7PZ > Bank of Hawaii Tech Support > art@hawaii.rr.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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