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>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
Message #8 received at 38838 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
From: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com> To: Jakub Kądziołka <kuba <at> kadziolka.net> Cc: 38838 <at> debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#38838: 'whatis' doesn't work Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 19:05:06 +0100
Dear, I confirm that something appears unexpected with the command 'whatis'. Below, using Guix 3a695c01d7ee18f30f22df53f3c44dfac04017f1, and running `guix environment --ad-hoc man-db man-pages --pure` then let output the internal debugging information (option '-d'). See below. Everything seems pointing to the correct path, so maybe it should come from the 'index.db' file. Well, let manually build an index, by first download the necessary files with (outside the environment): guix build man-pages --no-grafts --check -K then inside the environment: mandb -c /tmp/guix-build-man-pages-5.04.drv-0/man-pages-5.04 and now, whatis -M /tmp/guix-build-man-pages-5.04.drv-0/man-pages-5.04 memcpy works as expected. Last, note that using the 'apropos/whatis' binary from Debian and the path of the temporary profile (guix environment), I get: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- /usr/bin/apropos -M /gnu/store/hg02c2i5ycd4g0498xwgsbxyikz1bvf1-profile/share/man memcpy memcpy (3) - copy memory area wmemcpy (3) - copy an array of wide-characters /usr/bin/whatis -M /gnu/store/hg02c2i5ycd4g0498xwgsbxyikz1bvf1-profile/share/man memcpy memcpy: nothing appropriate --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- I do not know if this report helps and if the index is the culprit. What do you think? All the best, simon --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- # whatis man -d -f memcpy From the config file /gnu/store/l9j6dsfs2i4spfkia492wnighplvhb1c-man-db-2.9.0/etc/man_db.conf: Mandatory mandir `/usr/man'. Mandatory mandir `/usr/share/man'. Mandatory mandir `/usr/local/share/man'. Path `/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/usr/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/usr/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/usr/local/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/man'. Path `/usr/local/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/share/man'. Path `/usr/local/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/man'. Path `/usr/local/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/share/man'. Path `/usr/X11R6/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/X11R6/man'. Path `/usr/bin/X11' mapped to mandir `/usr/X11R6/man'. Path `/usr/games' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/opt/bin' mapped to mandir `/opt/man'. Path `/opt/sbin' mapped to mandir `/opt/man'. Global mandir `/usr/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/fsstnd'. Global mandir `/usr/share/man', catdir `/var/cache/man'. Global mandir `/usr/local/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/oldlocal'. Global mandir `/usr/local/share/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/local'. Global mandir `/usr/X11R6/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/X11R6'. Global mandir `/opt/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/opt'. Added sections: `1', `n', `l', `8', `3', `0', `2', `5', `4', `9', `6', `7'. From the config file /gnu/store/l9j6dsfs2i4spfkia492wnighplvhb1c-man-db-2.9.0/etc/man_db.conf: Mandatory mandir `/usr/man'. Mandatory mandir `/usr/share/man'. Mandatory mandir `/usr/local/share/man'. Path `/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/usr/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/usr/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/usr/local/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/man'. Path `/usr/local/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/share/man'. Path `/usr/local/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/man'. Path `/usr/local/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/share/man'. Path `/usr/X11R6/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/X11R6/man'. Path `/usr/bin/X11' mapped to mandir `/usr/X11R6/man'. Path `/usr/games' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/opt/bin' mapped to mandir `/opt/man'. Path `/opt/sbin' mapped to mandir `/opt/man'. Global mandir `/usr/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/fsstnd'. Global mandir `/usr/share/man', catdir `/var/cache/man'. Global mandir `/usr/local/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/oldlocal'. Global mandir `/usr/local/share/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/local'. Global mandir `/usr/X11R6/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/X11R6'. Global mandir `/opt/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/opt'. Added sections: `1', `n', `l', `8', `3', `0', `2', `5', `4', `9', `6', `7'. add_nls_manpaths(): processing /gnu/store/hg02c2i5ycd4g0498xwgsbxyikz1bvf1-profile/share/man checking for locale C adding /gnu/store/hg02c2i5ycd4g0498xwgsbxyikz1bvf1-profile/share/man to manpathlist final search path = /gnu/store/hg02c2i5ycd4g0498xwgsbxyikz1bvf1-profile/share/man path=/gnu/store/hg02c2i5ycd4g0498xwgsbxyikz1bvf1-profile/share/man memcpy: nothing appropriate. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- # apropos man -d -k memcpy From the config file /gnu/store/l9j6dsfs2i4spfkia492wnighplvhb1c-man-db-2.9.0/etc/man_db.conf: Mandatory mandir `/usr/man'. Mandatory mandir `/usr/share/man'. Mandatory mandir `/usr/local/share/man'. Path `/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/usr/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/usr/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/usr/local/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/man'. Path `/usr/local/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/share/man'. Path `/usr/local/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/man'. Path `/usr/local/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/share/man'. Path `/usr/X11R6/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/X11R6/man'. Path `/usr/bin/X11' mapped to mandir `/usr/X11R6/man'. Path `/usr/games' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/opt/bin' mapped to mandir `/opt/man'. Path `/opt/sbin' mapped to mandir `/opt/man'. Global mandir `/usr/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/fsstnd'. Global mandir `/usr/share/man', catdir `/var/cache/man'. Global mandir `/usr/local/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/oldlocal'. Global mandir `/usr/local/share/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/local'. Global mandir `/usr/X11R6/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/X11R6'. Global mandir `/opt/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/opt'. Added sections: `1', `n', `l', `8', `3', `0', `2', `5', `4', `9', `6', `7'. From the config file /gnu/store/l9j6dsfs2i4spfkia492wnighplvhb1c-man-db-2.9.0/etc/man_db.conf: Mandatory mandir `/usr/man'. Mandatory mandir `/usr/share/man'. Mandatory mandir `/usr/local/share/man'. Path `/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/usr/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/usr/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/usr/local/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/man'. Path `/usr/local/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/share/man'. Path `/usr/local/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/man'. Path `/usr/local/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/share/man'. Path `/usr/X11R6/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/X11R6/man'. Path `/usr/bin/X11' mapped to mandir `/usr/X11R6/man'. Path `/usr/games' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'. Path `/opt/bin' mapped to mandir `/opt/man'. Path `/opt/sbin' mapped to mandir `/opt/man'. Global mandir `/usr/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/fsstnd'. Global mandir `/usr/share/man', catdir `/var/cache/man'. Global mandir `/usr/local/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/oldlocal'. Global mandir `/usr/local/share/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/local'. Global mandir `/usr/X11R6/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/X11R6'. Global mandir `/opt/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/opt'. Added sections: `1', `n', `l', `8', `3', `0', `2', `5', `4', `9', `6', `7'. add_nls_manpaths(): processing /gnu/store/hg02c2i5ycd4g0498xwgsbxyikz1bvf1-profile/share/man checking for locale C adding /gnu/store/hg02c2i5ycd4g0498xwgsbxyikz1bvf1-profile/share/man to manpathlist final search path = /gnu/store/hg02c2i5ycd4g0498xwgsbxyikz1bvf1-profile/share/man path=/gnu/store/hg02c2i5ycd4g0498xwgsbxyikz1bvf1-profile/share/man name: memcpy sec. ext: 3 section: 3 comp. ext: gz id: A mtime: 0.000000000 pointer: - filter: - whatis: copy memory area memcpy (3) - copy memory area name: wmemcpy sec. ext: 3 section: 3 comp. ext: gz id: A mtime: 0.000000000 pointer: - filter: - whatis: copy an array of wide-characters wmemcpy (3) - copy an array of wide-characters --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
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