Your message dated Wed, 09 Sep 2015 17:04:33 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Bug#797019: fixed in man-db 2.7.3-1 has caused the Debian Bug report #797019, regarding man-db: cron.daily fails to run man-db due to --chuid flag to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: man-db Version: 2.7.0.2-5 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, Execution of man-db during cron daily fails with the following message: /etc/cron.daily/man-db: fopen: Permission denied run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/man-db exited with return code 2 Troubleshooting actions taken: The man-db script contains the following command: start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /dev/null \ --startas /usr/bin/mandb --oknodo --chuid man \ --iosched_idle \ -- --no-purge --quiet Executing this command as root from the command line results in the following error: fopen: Permission denied Executing the command without the --chuid flag is successful: start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /dev/null \ --startas /usr/bin/mandb --oknodo \ --iosched_idle \ -- --no-purge --quiet -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.1 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages man-db depends on: ii bsdmainutils 9.0.6 ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.56 ii dpkg 1.17.25 ii groff-base 1.22.2-8 ii libc6 2.19-18 ii libgdbm3 1.8.3-13.1 ii libpipeline1 1.4.0-1 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.8.dfsg-2+b1 man-db recommends no packages. Versions of packages man-db suggests: ii chromium [www-browser] 44.0.2403.89-1~deb8u1 ii epiphany-browser [www-browser] 3.14.1-1 pn groff <none> ii iceweasel [www-browser] 31.8.0esr-1~deb8u1 ii konqueror [www-browser] 4:4.14.2-1 ii less 458-3 ii w3m [www-browser] 0.5.3-19 -- Configuration Files: /etc/manpath.config changed: MANDATORY_MANPATH /usr/man MANDATORY_MANPATH /usr/share/man MANDATORY_MANPATH /usr/local/share/man MANPATH_MAP /bin /usr/share/man MANPATH_MAP /usr/bin /usr/share/man MANPATH_MAP /sbin /usr/share/man MANPATH_MAP /usr/sbin /usr/share/man MANPATH_MAP /usr/local/bin /usr/local/man MANPATH_MAP /usr/local/bin /usr/local/share/man MANPATH_MAP /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/man MANPATH_MAP /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/share/man MANPATH_MAP /usr/X11R6/bin /usr/X11R6/man MANPATH_MAP /usr/bin/X11 /usr/X11R6/man MANPATH_MAP /usr/games /usr/share/man MANPATH_MAP /opt/bin /opt/man MANPATH_MAP /opt/sbin /opt/man MANDB_MAP /usr/man /var/cache/man/fsstnd MANDB_MAP /usr/share/man /var/cache/man MANDB_MAP /usr/local/man /var/cache/man/oldlocal MANDB_MAP /usr/local/share/man /var/cache/man/local MANDB_MAP /usr/X11R6/man /var/cache/man/X11R6 MANDB_MAP /opt/man /var/cache/man/opt SECTION 1 n l 8 3 2 3posix 3pm 3perl 5 4 9 6 7 99 -- debconf-show failed
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--- Begin Message ---Source: man-db Source-Version: 2.7.3-1 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of man-db, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to [email protected], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Colin Watson <[email protected]> (supplier of updated man-db package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [email protected]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Format: 1.8 Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2015 16:56:42 +0100 Source: man-db Binary: man-db Architecture: source Version: 2.7.3-1 Distribution: unstable Urgency: medium Maintainer: Colin Watson <[email protected]> Changed-By: Colin Watson <[email protected]> Description: man-db - on-line manual pager Closes: 796584 797019 798094 Changes: man-db (2.7.3-1) unstable; urgency=medium . * New upstream release: - Rewrite CACHEDIR.TAG and databases if they cannot be read (closes: #797019). - Squeeze blank lines internally instead of pager -s (closes: #796584). - Restore the ability to use 'man -a' noninteractively (closes: #798094). Checksums-Sha1: 440eaebd73fc39be94d032cd25b2ee11abc050ac 1988 man-db_2.7.3-1.dsc 9c2934f8970a8d762cbb9c401bf8b5c414176eee 1502928 man-db_2.7.3.orig.tar.xz 38a99a766c50e9f9e3cad6050d3899360ec292aa 257972 man-db_2.7.3-1.debian.tar.xz Checksums-Sha256: dd6b13e2e38a8bdadf52fddd5bd98f1a2380bc0afea7ec9782d0aad95d6eb383 1988 man-db_2.7.3-1.dsc 9d4744c9956007e7aad59efcc6bb8b6da410ee507df46f9e81311431f80114ea 1502928 man-db_2.7.3.orig.tar.xz b1e9d5a15f890690fb968583c657283f146492899884b70bae5683ddaa250d89 257972 man-db_2.7.3-1.debian.tar.xz Files: 8f6d332a9e5fe4e52586893ce2c90dfd 1988 doc important man-db_2.7.3-1.dsc df898c82d766dad6492a5a96d5a26647 1502928 doc important man-db_2.7.3.orig.tar.xz 717801a9af521da9fe24bd73a78bb4ed 257972 doc important man-db_2.7.3-1.debian.tar.xz -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Colin Watson <[email protected]> -- Debian developer iQIVAwUBVfBiCjk1h9l9hlALAQisWA/+KUNzFszovDSpQHyunQtnMoFi8bUkbuLL tsKik6t/kVpCALtg99i5OmImSjf5SHcKRn5MXVTQLnmY8mx1oIVAZZcw0t7lIiIc clmFw5oPAxIHyUuJnqTwxRtSOckX5ZVFyq9KyUtZGaaVF3a8lVHxFaGZRoJF3v0D UdpSwothNWVFHPXsfTa/3YCd6z73yuhOSlxv7L8GhxP8lDfUXb9AhPZbpNPefORK 0T0cdH1vKYoMaCNFV3WEUZrTD7OQkRYPj3ZjogIgO3n212XtH13tq9juFXcDQmzc sy6EhQLRyaVq4Or3YivBHyXh1ChGhjoDbrbRcCo9VtG2d04Re81B8boGEi4z6vWC L+C7GQVAPFC6c4wc3Jx6dUIyqzVja9J/rO3JPTSnMDEkXfWjb5XWlQGyDgLDFFj9 bQASrHH9UdYVzNN8UkFBo1eKPDtMicO6s5DN/2lPAleZIC8A3kNVjsZHSyVN30It hXJVgFEIiouERmGxK55EVdiV/8kloxW3OM71a97INpQeNuKOIsllPbxk9lVH6kHN snlcTuBygPlRxZn8/d4mkbgi0wsolHh/RmjhzfARg8G3g4/NwGaKGK9tnJmV0rVe 8eVrr9NOJrpig6g0jZ7fdimHYFN80yLIRdMDMGwQvXUwZk3OL7cjxCizyXMgwYbH oz2Zw7vBSuU= =/s83 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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