[Bug 1649315] Re: /usr/bin/mandb: can't chmod /var/cache/man/oldlocal/CACHEDIR.TAG: No such file or directory

[dino99]

man-db (2.7.6.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release:
    - Don't chmod CACHEDIR.TAG if it doesn't exist (closes: #847810).

 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson at debian.org>  Mon, 12 Dec 2016 12:51:57 +0000

** Changed in: man-db (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  /usr/bin/mandb: can't chmod /var/cache/man/oldlocal/CACHEDIR.TAG: No
  such file or directory

Status in man-db package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Since the upgrade of man-db (2.7.6-1) 
  ...
   * Adjust various bits of packaging to account for changed ownership and
      permissions of /usr/bin/man, /usr/bin/mandb, and /var/cache/man.

  Colin Watson <cjwatson at debian.org>  Sun, 11 Dec 2016 16:27:19 +0000

  with each upgrade i now get that error: the 'oldlocal' subdir is
  missing.

  oem at u64:~$ ls /var/cache/man/
  CACHEDIR.TAG  cat1  cat2  cat3  cat4  cat5  cat6  cat7  cat8  en_GB  index.db

  The path needs to be tweaked.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
  Package: man-db 2.7.6-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.9.0-10.11-generic 4.9.0-rc8
  Uname: Linux 4.9.0-10-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Mon Dec 12 16:41:35 2016
  SourcePackage: man-db
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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