On Tue, 2019-02-26 at 13:43 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2019-02-26 at 14:33 +0200, Edvinas Valatka via arch-general > wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 8:57 AM David C. Rankin > > <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > This was odd, > > > > > > $ apropos memcmp > > > memcmp: nothing appropriate. > > > > > > In fact, no man pages were available (checked 2 arch installs). I ended up > > > having to rebuild the database with 'mandb' and now all is well. > > > > > > My question is -- what did this? It must have occurred in the last couple of > > > days. > > > > > After https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/commit/trunk?h=packages/man-db&id=a296a036a34944f714488f43bf576cca58bda604 > > , you have to manualy enable man-db.timer > > Seemingly not ;), see > > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ systemctl status man-db.service > ● man-db.service - Daily man-db regeneration > Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/man-db.service; static; vendor preset: disabled) > Active: inactive (dead) > Docs: man:mandb(8) > [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ sudo systemctl enable man-db.service > [sudo] password for rocketmouse: > The unit files have no installation config (WantedBy=, RequiredBy=, Also=, > Alias= settings in the [Install] section, and DefaultInstance= for template > units). This means they are not meant to be enabled using systemctl. > > Possible reasons for having this kind of units are: > • A unit may be statically enabled by being symlinked from another unit's > .wants/ or .requires/ directory. > • A unit's purpose may be to act as a helper for some other unit which has > a requirement dependency on it. > • A unit may be started when needed via activation (socket, path, timer, > D-Bus, udev, scripted systemctl call, ...). > • In case of template units, the unit is meant to be enabled with some > instance name specified. My apologies. it's "timer" not "service" :D. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ systemctl status man-db.timer ● man-db.timer - Daily man-db regeneration Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/man-db.timer; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: inactive (dead) Trigger: n/a Docs: man:mandb(8) [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ sudo systemctl enable man-db.timer Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/timers.target.wants/man-db.timer → /usr/lib/systemd/system/man-db.timer. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ systemctl status man-db.timer ● man-db.timer - Daily man-db regeneration Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/man-db.timer; enabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: inactive (dead) Trigger: n/a Docs: man:mandb(8)
