Debian bug report logs - #978
man -k produces message about apropos exit status

Package: man; Reported by: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson); 9 days old.

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From: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson)
To: Debian bugs submission address <debian-bugs@pixar.com>
Subject: man -k produces message about apropos exit status

Package: man
Version: 1.5-1

chiark:~> man -k splurge
splurge: nothing appropriate.
man: command exited with status 4096: /usr/bin/apropos -M /usr/local/man:/usr/man:/usr/X11R6/man splurge
chiark:~> man -k inews
inews (1)            - send a Usenet article to the local news server for distribution
chiark:~> 

Ian.

Acknowledgement sent to iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson):
New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available.
Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com:
Bug#978; Package man. Full text available.
Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk, with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism
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