On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 02:13:44PM +0100, Arnfinn Ringvold wrote: > On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 12:12 +0000, Colin Watson wrote: > > Leave ~/.manpath alone. You don't need it under normal circumstances. > > > > Please show me the output of 'apropos --debug mandb'. > > Hi Colin, thanks for a promt reply. > I have tried this, but forgot to include it in my report, sorry. Here it > is (wherther root or user: same output) > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apropos --debug mandb > apropos: --debug: unknown option
It doesn't look like you're using Debian's apropos command at all; I don't know where yours came from. apropos in man-db has supported --debug ever since I started maintaining it in 2001. Try 'which apropos' and 'apropos --version'; also please show me the output of 'dpkg -l man-db'. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]