[Bug 1793855] Re: man requires obsolete libgdbm.so.3

[Jiri Kolafa]

This is what I'm getting. Best wishes, Jiri

$ apt-cache policy man-db
man-db:
  Installed: 2.8.3-2
  Candidate: 2.8.3-2
  Version table:
 *** 2.8.3-2 500
        500 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ apt search libgdbm
Sorting... Done
Full Text Search... Done
libgdbm-compat-dev/bionic 1.14.1-6 amd64
  GNU dbm database routines (legacy support development files) 

libgdbm-compat4/bionic,now 1.14.1-6 amd64 [installed]
  GNU dbm database routines (legacy support runtime version) 

libgdbm-dev/bionic,now 1.14.1-6 amd64 [installed]
  GNU dbm database routines (development files) 

libgdbm-gst/bionic 3.2.5-1.1 amd64
  GDBM bindings for GNU Smalltalk

libgdbm3/now 1.8.3-13.1 amd64 [installed,local]
  GNU dbm database routines (runtime version)

libgdbm5/bionic,now 1.14.1-6 amd64 [installed]
  GNU dbm database routines (runtime version)

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Title:
  man requires obsolete libgdbm.so.3

Status in man-db package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  command 'man' says it requires libgdbm.so.3, but it is not installed and is not offered by 'apt install/search'.
  An easy remedy is to install libgdbm.so.3 manually: libgdbm3_1.8.3-13.1_amd64.deb works for me.

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