Here it is: -------------------- ruid=6, euid=6 ++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'. --priv_drop_count = 0 creating catdir hierarchy /var/cache/man/fsstnd ++priv_drop_count = 1 Global mandir `/usr/share/man', catdir `/var/cache/man'. --priv_drop_count = 0 creating catdir hierarchy /var/cache/man ++priv_drop_count = 1 Global mandir `/usr/local/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/oldlocal'. --priv_drop_count = 0 creating catdir hierarchy /var/cache/man/oldlocal ++priv_drop_count = 1 Global mandir `/usr/local/share/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/local'. --priv_drop_count = 0 creating catdir hierarchy /var/cache/man/local ++priv_drop_count = 1 Global mandir `/usr/X11R6/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/X11R6'. --priv_drop_count = 0 creating catdir hierarchy /var/cache/man/X11R6 ++priv_drop_count = 1 Global mandir `/opt/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/opt'. --priv_drop_count = 0 creating catdir hierarchy /var/cache/man/opt ++priv_drop_count = 1 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' 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/X11R6/bin is in the config file warning: /usr/X11R6/man: No such file or directory 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 manpath=/usr/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/local/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/X11R6/man:/opt/man warning: /usr/man: No such file or directory adding /usr/share/man to manpathlist adding /usr/local/man to manpathlist adding /usr/local/share/man to manpathlist warning: /usr/X11R6/man: No such file or directory warning: /opt/man: No such file or directory --priv_drop_count = 0 Processing manual pages under /usr/share/man... update_db(): 0 Testing /usr/share/man for new files Examining man6 subdirectory man6 has been 'modified' Updating index cache for path `/usr/share/man/man6'. Wait... ult_src: File /usr/share/man/man6/gnometris.6.gz in mantree /usr/share/man Starting pipeline: zcat < /usr/share/man/man6/gnometris.6.gz [input: {0, /usr/share/man/man6/gnometris.6.gz}, output: {-1, NULL}] Started "zcat < /usr/share/man/man6/gnometris.6.gz", pid 6328 Waiting for pipeline: zcat < /usr/share/man/man6/gnometris.6.gz [input: {0, /usr/share/man/man6/gnometris.6.gz}, output: {-1, NULL}] Active processes (1): "zcat < /usr/share/man/man6/gnometris.6.gz" (6328) -> 0 ++priv_drop_count = 1 ++priv_drop_count = 2 --priv_drop_count = 1 Starting pipeline: zcat < /usr/share/man/man6/gnometris.6.gz | /usr/lib/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE [input: {0, /usr/share/man/man6/gnometris.6.gz}, output: {-1, NULL}] Started "zcat < /usr/share/man/man6/gnometris.6.gz", pid 6329 Started "/usr/lib/man-db/manconv", pid 6330 ++priv_drop_count = 2 --priv_drop_count = 1 Waiting for pipeline: zcat < /usr/share/man/man6/gnometris.6.gz | /usr/lib/man-db/manconv -f UTF-8:ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8//IGNORE [input: {0, /usr/share/man/man6/gnometris.6.gz}, output: {-1, NULL}] Active processes (2): "zcat < /usr/share/man/man6/gnometris.6.gz" (6329) -> 0 "/usr/lib/man-db/manconv" (6330) -> 0 --priv_drop_count = 0 "Gnometris - Tetris game for GNOME" record = 'Gnometris - Tetris game for GNOME' base_name = 'gnometris' name = 'Gnometris', id = C -------------------------------------- Then it just hangs after the previous output