On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 05:54:42PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 06:06:32PM +0200, Frank Lichtenheld wrote: >> Hmm, how long was this broken? I can't recall ever running into >> this bug... > > It was never broken in any given coherent release, but I have a > feeling that Peter installed current man-db on stable or on a rather > old incarnation of testing.
Correct; the system in question was installed as Etch then partially(!) upgraded to Sid. >> On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 01:41:17PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: >>> I don't really want to make man-db depend on this version of >>> groff, though, as man doesn't require it during normal operations. Would it be appropriate to do this? Depends: groff-base Recommends: groff-base (>= N) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]