Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: man-db
Experienced this bug when installing the emacs package from the repo....
man --debug bash
ruid=1000, euid=1000
++priv_drop_count = 1
>From the config file /etc/manpath.config:
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 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/local/share/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'
is a tty
real user = 1000; effective user = 1000
using pager -s as pager
path directory /usr/local/sbin is in the config file
adding /usr/local/man to manpath
adding /usr/local/share/man to manpath
path directory /usr/local/bin is in the config file
/usr/local/man is already in the manpath
/usr/local/share/man is already in the manpath
path directory /usr/sbin is in the config file
adding /usr/share/man to manpath
path directory /usr/bin is in the config file
/usr/share/man is already in the manpath
path directory /sbin is in the config file
/usr/share/man is already in the manpath
path directory /bin 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
warning: /usr/man: No such file or directory
/usr/share/man is already in the manpath
/usr/local/share/man is already in the manpath
add_nls_manpaths(): processing
/usr/local/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man
checking for locale en_US.utf8
manpath search path (with duplicates) =
/usr/local/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man
adding /usr/local/man to manpathlist
adding /usr/local/share/man to manpathlist
adding /usr/share/man to manpathlist
adding /usr/local/man to manpathlist
adding /usr/local/share/man to manpathlist
adding /usr/share/man to manpathlist
Removing duplicate manpath entry /usr/local/share/man (1) ->
/usr/local/share/man (0)
Removing duplicate manpath entry /usr/local/man (2) -> /usr/local/share/man (0)
Removing duplicate manpath entry /usr/local/share/man (2) ->
/usr/local/share/man (0)
Removing duplicate manpath entry /usr/share/man (2) -> /usr/share/man (1)
final search path = /usr/local/share/man:/usr/share/man
--priv_drop_count = 0
searching in /usr/local/share/man, section 1
trying section 1 with globbing
Layout is GNU (1)
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: miss
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: man1*
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: cat1*
Failed to open /var/cache/man/local/index.db O_RDONLY
searching in /usr/share/man, section 1
trying section 1 with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: miss
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: man1*
matched: /usr/share/man/man1
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man/man1: miss
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man/man1: bash.1*
matched: /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz
ult_src: File /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz in mantree /usr/share/man
Starting pipeline: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz [input: {0,
/usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz}, output: {-1, NULL}]
Started "zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz", pid 2871
Waiting for pipeline: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz [input: {0,
/usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz}, output: {-1, NULL}]
Active processes (1):
"zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz" (2871) -> -1
Active processes (1):
"zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz" (2871) -> 13
candidate: 0 0 bash /usr/share/man /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz A - 1 1
searching in /usr/local/share/man, section n
trying section n with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: mann*
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: catn*
searching in /usr/share/man, section n
trying section n with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: mann*
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: catn*
Succeeded in opening /var/cache/man/index.db O_RDONLY
searching in /usr/local/share/man, section l
trying section l with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: manl*
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: catl*
searching in /usr/share/man, section l
trying section l with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: manl*
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: catl*
searching in /usr/local/share/man, section 8
trying section 8 with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: man8*
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: cat8*
searching in /usr/share/man, section 8
trying section 8 with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: man8*
matched: /usr/share/man/man8
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man/man8: miss
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man/man8: bash.8*
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: cat8*
searching in /usr/local/share/man, section 3
trying section 3 with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: man3*
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: cat3*
searching in /usr/share/man, section 3
trying section 3 with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: man3*
matched: /usr/share/man/man3
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man/man3: miss
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man/man3: bash.3*
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: cat3*
searching in /usr/local/share/man, section 2
trying section 2 with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: man2*
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: cat2*
searching in /usr/share/man, section 2
trying section 2 with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: man2*
matched: /usr/share/man/man2
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man/man2: miss
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man/man2: bash.2*
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: cat2*
searching in /usr/local/share/man, section 3posix
trying section 3posix with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: man3*
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: cat3*
searching in /usr/share/man, section 3posix
trying section 3posix with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: man3*
matched: /usr/share/man/man3
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man/man3: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man/man3: bash.3posix*
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: cat3*
searching in /usr/local/share/man, section 3pm
trying section 3pm with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: man3*
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: cat3*
searching in /usr/share/man, section 3pm
trying section 3pm with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: man3*
matched: /usr/share/man/man3
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man/man3: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man/man3: bash.3pm*
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: cat3*
searching in /usr/local/share/man, section 3perl
trying section 3perl with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: man3*
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: cat3*
searching in /usr/share/man, section 3perl
trying section 3perl with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: man3*
matched: /usr/share/man/man3
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man/man3: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man/man3: bash.3perl*
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: cat3*
searching in /usr/local/share/man, section 5
trying section 5 with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: man5*
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: cat5*
searching in /usr/share/man, section 5
trying section 5 with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: man5*
matched: /usr/share/man/man5
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man/man5: miss
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man/man5: bash.5*
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: cat5*
searching in /usr/local/share/man, section 4
trying section 4 with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: man4*
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: cat4*
searching in /usr/share/man, section 4
trying section 4 with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: man4*
matched: /usr/share/man/man4
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man/man4: miss
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man/man4: bash.4*
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: cat4*
searching in /usr/local/share/man, section 9
trying section 9 with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: man9*
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: cat9*
searching in /usr/share/man, section 9
trying section 9 with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: man9*
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: cat9*
searching in /usr/local/share/man, section 6
trying section 6 with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: man6*
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: cat6*
searching in /usr/share/man, section 6
trying section 6 with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: man6*
matched: /usr/share/man/man6
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man/man6: miss
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man/man6: bash.6*
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: cat6*
searching in /usr/local/share/man, section 7
trying section 7 with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: man7*
update_directory_cache /usr/local/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/local/share/man: cat7*
searching in /usr/share/man, section 7
trying section 7 with globbing
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: man7*
matched: /usr/share/man/man7
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man/man7: miss
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man/man7: bash.7*
update_directory_cache /usr/share/man: hit
globbing pattern in /usr/share/man: cat7*
ult_src: File /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz in mantree /usr/share/man
Starting pipeline: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz [input: {0,
/usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz}, output: {-1, NULL}]
Started "zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz", pid 2872
Waiting for pipeline: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz [input: {0,
/usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz}, output: {-1, NULL}]
Active processes (1):
"zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz" (2872) -> -1
Active processes (1):
"zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz" (2872) -> 13
found ultimate source file /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz
converted /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz to /usr/share/man/cat1/bash.1.gz
is_changed: a=/usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz, b=/usr/share/man/cat1/bash.1.gz
(-2)
converted /var/cache/man/cat1/bash.1.gz to /var/cache/man/cat1/bash.1.gz
will try cat file /var/cache/man/cat1/bash.1.gz
chdir /usr/share/man
Starting pipeline: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz [input: {0,
/usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz}, output: {-1, NULL}]
Started "zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz", pid 2873
pre-processors `t' from default
page_encoding = ISO-8859-1
source_encoding = ISO-8859-1
locale_charset = UTF-8
roff_device (locale) = utf8
roff_encoding = ISO-8859-1
output_encoding = UTF-8
less_charset = utf-8
Terminal width 80
Terminal width 80 within cat page range [80, 80]
formatted_encoding = UTF-8
is_changed: a=/usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz, b=/var/cache/man/cat1/bash.1.gz
(-2)
format: 1, save_cat: 1, found: 1
Setting LESS to -ix8RmPm Manual page bash(1) ?ltline %lt?L/%L.:byte
%bB?s/%s..?e (END):?pB %pB\%..$PM Manual page bash(1) ?ltline %lt?L/%L.:byte
%bB?s/%s..?e (END):?pB %pB\%..$
Setting MAN_PN to bash(1)
add_output_iconv: source UTF-8, target UTF-8
creating temporary cat for /var/cache/man/cat1/bash.1.gz
add_output_iconv: source UTF-8, target UTF-8
++priv_drop_count = 1
Starting pipeline: /usr/bin/zsoelim | /usr/lib/man-db/manconv -f
UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE | preconv -e UTF-8 | tbl | nroff -mandoc
-Tutf8 [input: {-1, NULL}, output: {-1, NULL}]
Started "/usr/bin/zsoelim", pid 2874
Started "/usr/lib/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE", pid 2875
Started "preconv", pid 2876
Started "tbl", pid 2877
Started "nroff", pid 2879
Starting pipeline: pager -s [input: {-1, NULL}, output: {0, NULL}]
Started "pager", pid 2880
Starting pipeline: gzip -c7 [input: {-1, NULL}, output: {3, NULL}]
Started "gzip", pid 2881
source pipeline 0 returned error or EOF
--priv_drop_count = 0
Waiting for pipeline: zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz [input: {0,
/usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz}, output: {-1, NULL}]
Active processes (1):
"zcat < /usr/share/man/man1/bash.1.gz" (2873) -> 0
Waiting for pipeline: /usr/bin/zsoelim | /usr/lib/man-db/manconv -f
UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE | preconv -e UTF-8 | tbl | nroff -mandoc
-Tutf8 [input: {-1, NULL}, output: {-1, NULL}]
Active processes (5):
"/usr/bin/zsoelim" (2874) -> 0
"/usr/lib/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE" (2875) -> 0
"preconv" (2876) -> 0
"tbl" (2877) -> 0
"nroff" (2879) -> 0
Waiting for pipeline: gzip -c7 [input: {-1, NULL}, output: {3, NULL}]
Active processes (1):
"gzip" (2881) -> -1
Active processes (1):
"gzip" (2881) -> 0
cat-saver exited with status 0
fixing temporary cat's mode
renaming temporary cat to /var/cache/man/cat1/bash.1.gz
setting modtime on cat file /var/cache/man/cat1/bash.1.gz
Waiting for pipeline: pager -s [input: {-1, NULL}, output: {0, NULL}]
Active processes (1):
"pager" (2880) -> 0
hash_free: 2 entries, 2 (100%) unique
Found 1 man pages
++priv_drop_count = 1
hash_free: 10 entries, 10 (100%) unique
ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: man-db 2.5.7-2ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.45-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Nov 4 10:52:26 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit
status 1
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
SourcePackage: man-db
Title: package man-db 2.5.7-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess
installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
** Affects: man-db (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-package lucid
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package man-db 2.5.7-2ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed
post-installation script returned error exit status 1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/671063
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