man-db-2.8.6.1

[Bruce Dubbs]

New point version.

[Bruce Dubbs]

Now version 2.8.6.1.

[Bruce Dubbs]

man-db 2.8.6.1 (5 August 2019)

Major changes since man-db 2.8.6:

• Fix missing memory copies in ult_src that caused segfaults in mandb.

Major changes since man-db 2.8.5:

• If more than one of "../man", "man", "../share/man", and "share/man" exist relative to a directory on $PATH, then all of them are now added to the automatically-determined manpath; previously, only the first was considered.

• Remove arbitrary limit on manpath size.

• The systemd database maintenance service now runs mandb with the --quiet option, avoiding excess log messages.

• Default to --without-systemdsystemunitdir and --without-systemdtmpfilesdir on non-Linux systems.

• Fix failure to link libman using the Darwin linker.

• "apropos -w" now works when given a non-lower-case pattern.

• Convert most list and hash table code to Gnulib's container types: these are more flexible and normally more concise than home-grown equivalents.

• There is a new configure option --disable-manual, which causes the man-db manual not to be built or installed.

[Bruce Dubbs]

Fixed at revision 11656.