Re: bin/48440: apropos(1) doesn't work on NetBSD 6.99.28

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/48440; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: bin/48440: apropos(1) doesn't work on NetBSD 6.99.28
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2013 05:51:26 +0000

 On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 03:55:00AM +0000, Aleksej Saushev wrote:
  > After updating to 6.99 apropos(1) stops working:
  > 
  > $ apropos test
  > apropos: _mandb entry not found in man.conf
  > 
  > _mandb isn't mentioned in man.conf
  > 
  > Attempt to rebuild database fails:
  > $ su root -c "makemandb -f"
  > makemandb: _mandb entry not found in man.conf
  > >How-To-Repeat:
  >     $ apropos test
  > apropos: _mandb entry not found in man.conf
  > >Fix:
  > Provide and document upgrade path.
 
 You need to merge man.conf from /usr/src/etc.man.conf; it would be
 nice to have postinstall do the critical parts of this.
 
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 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost