GNU bug report logs - #38838
'whatis' doesn't work

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Jakub Kądziołka <kuba <at> kadziolka.net>

Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 22:00:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

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From: Jakub Kądziołka <kuba <at> kadziolka.net>
To: 38838 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38838: 'whatis' doesn't work
Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 22:59:41 +0100

The 'whatis' utility from man-db 2.9.0 doesn't work for me. This
includes both my user profile and 'guix environment's. 'apropos' works,
so the man database is present and working.

$ guix environment --pure --ad-hoc man-db man-pages
[env] $ apropos memcpy
memcpy (3)           - copy memory area
wmemcpy (3)          - copy an array of wide-characters
[env] $ whatis memcpy
memcpy: nothing appropriate.

Regards,
Jakub Kądziołka
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