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FS#3868 - [man 1.6c-1] makewhatis script fails

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Manolis Tzanidakis (mtzanidakis) - Monday, 30 January 2006, 22:52 GMT
Last edited by Dale Blount (dale) - Tuesday, 31 January 2006, 23:49 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Current
Status Closed
Assigned To Judd Vinet (judd)
Architecture not specified
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 0.7.1 Noodle
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Running /etc/cron.daily/whatis results in the following error messages:

awk: line 74: syntax error at or near ||
awk: line 75: extra ')'
awk: line 78: syntax error at or near else
awk: line 81: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 151: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 74: syntax error at or near ||
awk: line 75: extra ')'
awk: line 78: syntax error at or near else
awk: line 81: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 151: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 74: syntax error at or near ||
awk: line 75: extra ')'
awk: line 78: syntax error at or near else
awk: line 81: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 151: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 74: syntax error at or near ||
awk: line 75: extra ')'
awk: line 78: syntax error at or near else
awk: line 81: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 151: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 74: syntax error at or near ||
awk: line 75: extra ')'
awk: line 78: syntax error at or near else
awk: line 81: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 151: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 74: syntax error at or near ||
awk: line 75: extra ')'
awk: line 78: syntax error at or near else
awk: line 81: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 151: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 74: syntax error at or near ||
awk: line 75: extra ')'
awk: line 78: syntax error at or near else
awk: line 81: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 151: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 74: syntax error at or near ||
awk: line 75: extra ')'
awk: line 78: syntax error at or near else
awk: line 81: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 151: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 74: syntax error at or near ||
awk: line 75: extra ')'
awk: line 78: syntax error at or near else
awk: line 81: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 151: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 74: syntax error at or near ||
awk: line 75: extra ')'
awk: line 78: syntax error at or near else
awk: line 81: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 151: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 74: syntax error at or near ||
awk: line 75: extra ')'
awk: line 78: syntax error at or near else
awk: line 81: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 151: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 74: syntax error at or near ||
awk: line 75: extra ')'
awk: line 78: syntax error at or near else
awk: line 81: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 151: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 74: syntax error at or near ||
awk: line 75: extra ')'
awk: line 78: syntax error at or near else
awk: line 81: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 151: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 74: syntax error at or near ||
awk: line 75: extra ')'
awk: line 78: syntax error at or near else
awk: line 81: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 151: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 74: syntax error at or near ||
awk: line 75: extra ')'
awk: line 78: syntax error at or near else
awk: line 81: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 151: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 74: syntax error at or near ||
awk: line 75: extra ')'
awk: line 78: syntax error at or near else
awk: line 81: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 151: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 74: syntax error at or near ||
awk: line 75: extra ')'
awk: line 78: syntax error at or near else
awk: line 81: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 151: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 74: syntax error at or near ||
awk: line 75: extra ')'
awk: line 78: syntax error at or near else
awk: line 81: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 151: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 74: syntax error at or near ||
awk: line 75: extra ')'
awk: line 78: syntax error at or near else
awk: line 81: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 151: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 74: syntax error at or near ||
awk: line 75: extra ')'
awk: line 78: syntax error at or near else
awk: line 81: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 151: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 74: syntax error at or near ||
awk: line 75: extra ')'
awk: line 78: syntax error at or near else
awk: line 81: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 151: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 74: syntax error at or near ||
awk: line 75: extra ')'
awk: line 78: syntax error at or near else
awk: line 81: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 151: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 74: syntax error at or near ||
awk: line 75: extra ')'
awk: line 78: syntax error at or near else
awk: line 81: syntax error at or near }
awk: line 151: syntax error at or near }
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Closed by  Judd Vinet (judd)
Monday, 06 February 2006, 18:56 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Comment by Tomas Stefano (lemmy) - Tuesday, 31 January 2006, 19:35 GMT
I can confirm that
Comment by Jason Carr (jason2) - Tuesday, 31 January 2006, 23:49 GMT
Me too, same problem.

% pacman -Qi man
Name : man
Version : 1.6c-1
Groups : None
Packager : Arch Linux (http://www.archlinux.org)
URL : http://primates.ximian.com/~flucifredi/man/
License : None
Architecture : i686
Size : 748448
Build Date : Mon Jan 30 02:41:31 2006 UTC
Install Date : Tue Jan 31 23:49:55 2006 UTC
Install Script : No
Reason: : explicitly installed
Provides : None
Depends On : bash coreutils groff gzip less mawk
Required By : None
Conflicts With : None
Description : A utility for reading man pages
Comment by Dale Blount (dale) - Tuesday, 31 January 2006, 23:51 GMT
confirmed: copying the makewhatis script from 1.6b to a 1.6c install continues to work. here's a diff of the script:

36c36
< # makewhatis aeb 030801 (from man-1.6b)
---
> # makewhatis aeb 030801 (from man-1.6c)
109c109
< echo "$program from man-1.6b"
---
> echo "$program from man-1.6c"
264c264
< $2 ~ /^NOME/ || $2 ~ /^NAAM/)) ||
---
> $2 ~ /^NOME/ || $2 ~ /^NAAM/) || $2 ~ /^ÈÌÅ/)) ||

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