Bug#348533: man-db: man will not render in utf8 locales
tags 348533 unreproducible thanks On Tue, Jan 17, 2006 at 05:00:28PM +0100, Thanasis Kinias wrote: > man fails to render man pages in UTF8 locales, giving: > > Reformatting man(1), please wait... > groff: can't find `DESC' file > groff:fatal error: invalid device `utf8' > > It appears that man is feeding groff utf8 input it can't grok. Actually, this message has nothing to do with the input received by groff. It's saying that your groff installation doesn't understand the utf8 device at all. However, the utf8 device has been in groff-base since the creation of that package. Are you sure that your groff-base package is properly installed? Try 'apt-get --reinstall install groff-base'. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#348533: man-db: man will not render in utf8 locales
Package: man-db Version: 2.4.3-3 Severity: important Tags: l10n man fails to render man pages in UTF8 locales, giving: Reformatting man(1), please wait... groff: can't find `DESC' file groff:fatal error: invalid device `utf8' It appears that man is feeding groff utf8 input it can't grok. debug output is: ruid=1000, euid=6 drop_effective_privs() ++priv_drop_count = 1 From the config file /etc/manpath.config: Mandatory mandir `/usr/man'. Mandatory mandir `/usr/share/man'. Mandatory mandir `/usr/X11R6/man'. Mandatory mandir `/usr/local/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 section `1'. Added section `n'. Added section `l'. Added section `8'. Added section `3'. Added section `2'. Added section `3posix'. Added section `3pm'. Added section `3perl'. Added section `5'. Added section `4'. Added section `9'. Added section `6'. Added section `7'. `/usr/man' `' `1' `/usr/share/man'`' `1' `/usr/X11R6/man'`' `1' `/usr/local/man'`' `1' `/bin' `/usr/share/man'`0' `/usr/bin' `/usr/share/man'`0' `/sbin' `/usr/share/man'`0' `/usr/sbin' `/usr/share/man'`0' `/usr/local/bin'`/usr/local/man'`0' `/usr/local/bin'`/usr/local/share/man' `0' `/usr/local/sbin' `/usr/local/man'`0' `/usr/local/sbin' `/usr/local/share/man' `0' `/usr/X11R6/bin'`/usr/X11R6/man'`0' `/usr/bin/X11' `/usr/X11R6/man'`0' `/usr/games'`/usr/share/man'`0' `/opt/bin' `/opt/man' `0' `/opt/sbin' `/opt/man' `0' `/usr/man' `/var/cache/man/fsstnd' `-1' `/usr/share/man'`/var/cache/man'`-1' `/usr/local/man'`/var/cache/man/oldlocal' `-1' `/usr/local/share/man' `/var/cache/man/local' `-1' `/usr/X11R6/man'`/var/cache/man/X11R6' `-1' `/opt/man' `/var/cache/man/opt'`-1' `1' `' `-5' `n' `' `-5' `l' `' `-5' `8' `' `-5' `3' `' `-5' `2' `' `-5' `3posix'`' `-5' `3pm' `' `-5' `3perl' `' `-5' `5' `' `-5' `4' `' `-5' `9' `' `-5' `6' `' `-5' `7' `' `-5' real user = 1000; effective user = 6 using /usr/bin/pager -s as pager path directory /home/tkinias/bin is not in the config file and doesn't have ../man or man subdirectories path directory /usr/local/bin is in the config file adding /usr/local/man to manpath adding /usr/local/share/man to manpath path directory /usr/bin is in the config file adding /usr/share/man to manpath path directory /bin is in the config file /usr/share/man is already in the manpath path directory /usr/bin/X11 is in the config file adding /usr/X11R6/man to manpath path directory /sbin is in the config file /usr/share/man is already in the manpath path directory /usr/sbin is in the config file /usr/share/man is already in the manpath path directory /usr/games is in the config file /usr/share/man is already in the manpath adding mandatory man directories man: warning: /usr/man: No such file or directory /usr/share/man is already in the manpath /usr/X11R6/man is already in the manpath /usr/local/man is already in the manpath add_nls_manpath(): processing /usr/local/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/X11R6/man checking for locale en add_nls_manpath(): processing /usr/local/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/X11R6/man checking for locale en add_nls_manpath(): processing /usr/local/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/X11R6/man checking for locale en add_nls_manpath(): processing /usr/local/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/X11R6/man adding /usr/local/man to manpathlist adding /usr/local/share/man to manpathlist addi
