172849 – coreutils-6.7-r1 missing /bin/nice so cron script makewhatis installed by man-1.6d should be corrected

Bug 172849 - coreutils-6.7-r1 missing /bin/nice so cron script makewhatis installed by man-1.6d should be corrected

Summary: coreutils-6.7-r1 missing /bin/nice so cron script makewhatis installed by man...

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 160317

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High minor (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers

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Reported:	2007-03-31 06:48 UTC by Attila Tóth
Modified:	2007-03-31 06:51 UTC (History)
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Description Attila Tóth 2007-03-31 06:48:54 UTC

Coreutils-6.7-r1 now missing /bin/nice. Cron script makewhatis installed by man-1.6d fails to execute, because it explicitly mentions /bin/nice. Either this reference to the binary should be changed to /usr/bin/nice, or coreutils should create /bin/nice as a symlink.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install recent stable coreutils (6.7-r1) and man (1.6d)
2. Wait for weekly cron called makewhatis to execute
3. Check the admin mailbox for report about failed execution attempt

Actual Results:  
System reports failed cron job

Expected Results:  
Software should execute the cron job calling nice without a problem.

Changing /bin/nice to /usr/bin/nice in makewhatis fixes the problem.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-03-31 06:51:06 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 160317 ***