write protected man files?

oldefortran · l33t Joined: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 652

As a regular user:
man tar

and I get:
rm: remove write-protected regular empty file `/var/cache/man/cat1/tar.1.bz2'?

and it follows (nothing is ever shown)

rm: cannot remove `/var/cache/man/cat1/tar.1.bz2': Permission denied
Formatting page, please wait...
sh: line 1: /var/cache/man/cat1/tar.1.bz2: Permission denied
Error executing formatting or display command.
System command (cd /usr/share/man && (echo ".pl 1100i"; /bin/gunzip -c '/usr/sha re/man/man1/tar.1.gz'; echo; echo ".pl \n(nlu+10") | /usr/bin/gtbl | /usr/bin/nr off -Tlatin1 -c -mandoc | /bin/bzip2 > /var/cache/man/cat1/tar.1.bz2) exited wit h status 1.
rm: remove write-protected regular empty file `/var/cache/man/cat1/tar.1.bz2'? y
rm: cannot remove `/var/cache/man/cat1/tar.1.bz2': Permission denied

bzip2: Compressed file ends unexpectedly;
perhaps it is corrupted? *Possible* reason follows.
bzip2: Success
Input file = /var/cache/man/cat1/tar.1.bz2, output file = (stdout)

It is possible that the compressed file(s) have become corrupted.
You can use the -tvv option to test integrity of such files.

You can use the `bzip2recover' program to attempt to recover
data from undamaged sections of corrupted files.

jkt · Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 6:49 pm Post subject:

sometimes I have similar problem; I have no idea what's causing it, but running that command as root usually fixes it (only for the first time, ordinary users can view it after that).

tomk · Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 11:43 am Post subject:

Moved from Other Things Gentoo, please see this topic:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=141667
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