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[66.158.155.199]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id f15-20020ac86ecf000000b002d58a639121sm9918297qtv.97.2022.03.01.21.26.14 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 01 Mar 2022 21:26:14 -0800 (PST) From: Maxim Cournoyer References: <20191231215941.jpr57n5kqp6x3km6@zdrowyportier.kadziolka.net> Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2022 00:26:13 -0500 In-Reply-To: (zimoun's message of "Mon, 6 Jan 2020 19:05:06 +0100") Message-ID: <87tuchj56y.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-guix@gnu.org List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Jakub =?UTF-8?Q?K=C4=85dzio=C5=82ka?= , 38838-done@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Country: US ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yhetil.org; s=key1; t=1646198848; h=from:from:sender:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type:resent-to:resent-from:resent-sender: resent-message-id:in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references: list-id:list-help:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post: dkim-signature; bh=Q0y1igDt8Cu6PkksMZuQOZBv4OJNAguq5WPcnOTXvSQ=; b=Ln2QJXlpQmZdBpbevX9shdZaOQQRfthE/o4+MBY0/HoZpSYJHx7CGCbkU/AQrgpolVg6hn mHRfmb9O8cmIEL8i4g4lO73ofXTLHi4XONOZNaoAYQKmDfwe7VqREmBQYvO2mfoS/7rQbF 9j3oFlXG3qyZKpWXRmjSVVpuFk1N8xECRRVD5h3SfmTdLWUoqidjnwtanaISkKvZfwSBJW qWZQeCUPDY4FLO/vaUcO4+ZSAhxkNEV/wYfR7bnRqaZGXzaM/8pu47INq5NqB5ORHUtOIe c+1DQoC3C8Ff/j11ACt8lcXakSlBPui6Cvl3mqpxGfuDRdbdchevniBn5FltsQ== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=key1; d=yhetil.org; t=1646198848; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=GIRUBvGQANuDdkhT8vJwVvzpUjfzD9MTEbB/c5pCKRawyZEs4A+4Ep1VyEDIjy2pIcIlPd oNVlzkLk/TiKmZjzYx2ofFLw2t6EXNLrwFMD7y5/KWhE/MctrOH4qaJKsji2CQKGzrlTSq R+WrgQdIAkmoBUooejZq83m1Fxpl4pa+n2I+Eu8p0mo+2qL1l7uJNsZrXYX1bFaC39wAB9 dwM+IlWAk8fp3zoeutgfdCdHpAC/ybIEnh+NIpQmxrkoDbiXxZTajzDhVI38H0rf4lRKXH 7VgFSuCwE8FlalXPUC0Qp46M2pgYtCFKxtv8f8cWxu+AnlTmUcxDGo67FfWlOg== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=fail ("headers rsa verify failed") header.d=gmail.com header.s=20210112 header.b=TSjhGDkK; dmarc=fail reason="SPF not aligned (relaxed)" header.from=gmail.com (policy=none); spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "bug-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="bug-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Spam-Score: 5.82 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=fail ("headers rsa verify failed") header.d=gmail.com header.s=20210112 header.b=TSjhGDkK; dmarc=fail reason="SPF not aligned (relaxed)" header.from=gmail.com (policy=none); spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of "bug-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom="bug-guix-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org" X-Migadu-Queue-Id: C4F4736D54 X-Spam-Score: 5.82 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn1.migadu.com X-TUID: 8pQe77NCDEao Hello, zimoun writes: > Dear, > > I confirm that something appears unexpected with the command 'whatis'. > > Below, using Guix 3a695c01d7ee18f30f22df53f3c44dfac04017f1, and running > `guix environment --ad-hoc man-db man-pages --pure` then let output the > internal debugging information (option '-d'). See below. > > Everything seems pointing to the correct path, so maybe it should come > from the 'index.db' file. [...] > I do not know if this report helps and if the index is the culprit. You were on the right path; the database file was indeed the culprit. This is the database, in hex, generated by man-db for a single cat.1.gz man page: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- 2476 6572 7369 6f6e 2400 322e 352e 3000 $version$.2.5.0. 00003010: 6361 7400 2d09 3109 3109 3136 3436 3138 cat.-.1.1.164618 00003020: 3834 3934 0939 3333 3430 3030 3430 0941 8494.933400040.A 00003030: 092d 092d 0967 7a09 636f 6e63 6174 656e .-.-.gz.concaten 00003040: 6174 6520 6669 6c65 7320 616e 6420 7072 ate files and pr 00003050: 696e 7420 6f6e 2074 6865 2073 7461 6e64 int on the stand 00003060: 6172 6420 6f75 7470 7574 0000 0000 0000 ard output...... 00003070: --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- while this is what Guix was generating: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- 00000600: 2476 6572 7369 6f6e 2400 322e 352e 3000 $version$.2.5.0. 00000610: 2f74 6d70 2f67 7569 782f 6d61 6e2f 6d61 /tmp/guix/man/ma 00000620: 6e31 2f63 6174 2e31 2e67 7a00 6361 7409 n1/cat.1.gz.cat. 00000630: 3109 3109 3009 3009 4109 2d09 2d09 677a 1.1.0.0.A.-.-.gz 00000640: 0963 6f6e 6361 7465 6e61 7465 2066 696c .concatenate fil 00000650: 6573 2061 6e64 2070 7269 6e74 206f 6e20 es and print on 00000660: 7468 6520 7374 616e 6461 7264 206f 7574 the standard out 00000670: 7075 7400 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 put............. --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- The entry that comes right after the 2.5.0 version is the key. Guix was using the file name, while man-db uses the name of the man page, such as 'cat'. With the following change: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- modified guix/man-db.scm @@ -110,7 +110,12 @@ (define (write-mandb-database file entries) ;; Write ENTRIES in sorted order so we get deterministic output. (for-each (lambda (entry) (gdbm-set! db - (string-append (mandb-entry-file-name entry) + ;; For the 'whatis' tool to find anything, the key + ;; should match the name of the software, + ;; e.g. 'cat'. Derive it from the file name, as + ;; the name could technically be #f. + (string-append (abbreviate-file-name + (mandb-entry-file-name entry)) "\x00") (entry->string entry))) (sort entries mandb-entry8--- I now get: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- $ ./pre-inst-env guix shell --pure man-db coreutils -- whatis cat [...] building database for manual pages... building profile with 2 packages... cat (1) - concatenate files and print on the standard output --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- and apropos, man seem to continue working as expected. Pushed as deaa322963. Closing. Thanks for the report! Maxim