[Bug 1528885] [NEW] manpage of man refers inexisting section "The manual page system" in manpage of mandb

[Karl-Philipp Richter]

Public bug reported:

Quote from the `-M --manpath` section of the manpage of `man`: "A path
specified as a manpath must be the root of a manual page hierarchy
structured into sections as described in the man-db manual (under  "The
manual  page system")." This section doesn't exist in the manpage of
`mandb`.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: manpages 3.74-1ubuntu1
Uname: Linux 4.3.3-040303-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Wed Dec 23 16:40:11 2015
Dependencies:
 
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-12 (11 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: manpages
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: manpages (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug wily

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Title:
  manpage of man refers inexisting section "The  manual  page system" in
  manpage of mandb

Status in manpages package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Quote from the `-M --manpath` section of the manpage of `man`: "A path
  specified as a manpath must be the root of a manual page hierarchy
  structured into sections as described in the man-db manual (under
  "The  manual  page system")." This section doesn't exist in the
  manpage of `mandb`.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: manpages 3.74-1ubuntu1
  Uname: Linux 4.3.3-040303-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Dec 23 16:40:11 2015
  Dependencies:
   
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-12 (11 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: manpages
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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