Periodic Weekly Report

[Ruslan Ermilov]

On Sun, Oct 02, 2005 at 06:57:33AM -0400, Gerard Seibert wrote:
> On Sat, 1 Oct 2005 21:22:39 +0300, Ruslan Ermilov <ru at freebsd.org>
> Subject: Re: Periodic Weekly Report
> Wrote these words of wisdom:
> 
> > On Sat, Oct 01, 2005 at 01:51:19PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> > > On 2005-10-01 06:18, Gerard Seibert <gerard at seibercom.net> wrote:
> > > > I received this report after 'periodic weekly' had completed its run.
> > > >
> > > > Cleaning up kernel database files:
> > > >
> > > > Rebuilding locate database:
> > > >
> > > > Rebuilding whatis database:
> > > >
> > > > Reformatting manual pages:
> > > > Usage: .Ft function_type ... (#284)
> > > > Usage: .Ft function_type ... (#348)
> > > 
> > This is a markup bug in some manpage.
> > 
> > > > mdoc warning: .Fx: Unknown FreeBSD version `5.4' (#94)
> > > > mdoc warning: .Fx: Unknown FreeBSD version `5.4' (#94)
> > > 
> > This is a result of FreeBSD 5.4 being mistakenly remove from
> > mdoc-local.  I've re-added it to the RELENG_5 now, so it
> > should be fixed if oyu're tracking RELENG_5.
> > 
> > > > catman: /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.7/man/cat3: mkdir: Permission denied
> > > > catman: /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.7/perl/man/cat3: mkdir: Permission denied
> > > 
> > This is a bug in the use.perl script: it should also create the
> > "cat3" directory mentioned above, with "man:wheel" ownership.

> First, do I have to rebuild world to correct the "mdoc warning: .Fx:
> Unknown FreeBSD version `5.4' (#94)" error?
> 
You should cvsup to the latest RELENG_5 (assuming you were tracking
it).  Then after the next buildworld/installworld this problem will
go away.  OTOH, it doesn't do any harm and you can safely ignore it.

> Second, regarding the bug in "use.perl.script", exactly how do I go
> about correcting that, or don't I?
> 
Either fix the port (one line), or create the said directory manually
with the correct ownership.


Cheers,
-- 
Ruslan Ermilov
ru at FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer
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