F9: Man pages missing/broken?

Dan Thurman dant at cdkkt.com
Thu Jul 10 15:16:28 UTC 2008


Daniel B. Thurman wrote:
>
> Michael Schwendt wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:37:59 -0700, Dan Thurman wrote:
> >
> > > Dan Thurman wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I tried to use the man pages but it seems that it is either
> > > > missing, broken, or not initialized?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Doing:
> > > > + Apropos grub
> > > >
> > > > shows a list of grub man pages available but:
> > > > + man grub
> > > > says it is missing.
> > > >
> > > > Doing:
> > > > + man man
> > > > says it is also missing
> > > >
> > > > What am I doing wrong? Do I have to reinitialize the
> > > > man pages database or something like I used to do in
> > > > ages past?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > > > Dan
> > > >
> > > Ugh.  I guess it does not work as a su - or su -l root user.
> > > That is really odd. But a su works, just not with the - or
> > > -l option.
> >
> > That's not normal.
> >
> > What do you get for "strace man -k grub" and "strace man man"?
> >
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> =============================================================
> Below is trace output in su - or su -l environment when man pages
> fail to find anything.
> =============================================================
> # su -l
> # strace man -k grub
> execve("/usr/bin/man", ["man", "-k", "grub"], [/* 67 vars */]) = 0
> brk(0)                                  = 0x8f09000
> mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0xb80a1000
> access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
> directory)
> open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls/i686/sse2/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1
> ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls/i686/sse2", 0xbfa9e430) = -1 ENOENT
> (No such file or directory)
> open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls/i686/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT
> (No such file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls/i686", 0xbfa9e430) = -1 ENOENT (No
> such file or directory)
> open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls/sse2/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT
> (No such file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls/sse2", 0xbfa9e430) = -1 ENOENT (No
> such file or directory)
> open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No
> such file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls", 0xbfa9e430) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory)
> open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/i686/sse2/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT
> (No such file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/i686/sse2", 0xbfa9e430) = -1 ENOENT (No
> such file or directory)
> open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/i686/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No
> such file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/i686", 0xbfa9e430) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory)
> open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/sse2/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No
> such file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/sse2", 0xbfa9e430) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory)
> open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/lib/alliance/lib", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=12288,
> ...}) = 0
> open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=314610, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 314610, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb8054000
> close(3)                                = 0
> open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)        = 3
> read(3,
> "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0@\327\247\0004\0\0\0"...,
> 512) = 512
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1758468, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(0xa67000, 1476176, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE,
> 3, 0) = 0xa67000
> mmap2(0xbca000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x163) = 0xbca000
> mmap2(0xbcd000, 9808, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xbcd000
> close(3)                                = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0xb8053000
> set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb80536c0,
> limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0,
> limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
> mprotect(0xbca000, 8192, PROT_READ)     = 0
> mprotect(0xa63000, 4096, PROT_READ)     = 0
> munmap(0xb8054000, 314610)              = 0
> brk(0)                                  = 0x8f09000
> brk(0x8f2a000)                          = 0x8f2a000
> open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=79366688, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 2097152, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7e53000
> close(3)                                = 0
> getuid32()                              = 0
> geteuid32()                             = 0
> getgid32()                              = 0
> getegid32()                             = 0
> ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo
> ...}) = 0
> ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo
> ...}) = 0
> ioctl(0, TIOCGWINSZ, {ws_row=24, ws_col=80, ws_xpixel=0, ws_ypixel=0}) 
> = 0
> open("/etc/man.config", O_RDONLY)       = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=4907, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0xb80a0000
> read(3, "#\n# Generated automatically from"..., 4096) = 4096
> brk(0x8f4b000)                          = 0x8f4b000
> read(3, "3:3p:4:5:6:7:9:0p:n:l:p:o:1x:2x:"..., 4096) = 811
> read(3, "", 4096)                       = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x804f880, [INT], SA_RESTART}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_IGN}, {0x804f880, [INT], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_IGN}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
> rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0
> clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_PARENT_SETTID|SIGCHLD,
> parent_tidptr=0xbfa9ead4) = 18790
> waitpid(18790, grub                (rpm) - GRUB - the Grand Unified Boot
> Loader.
> grub []              (8)  - install - install GRUB on your drive
> grub []              (8)  - md5-crypt - Encrypt a password in MD5 format
> grub []              (8)  - terminfo - Generate a terminfo command from
> a terminfo name
> grub []              (8)  - the grub shell
> grubby []            (8)  - command line tool for configuring grub,
> lilo, and elilo
> [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0) = 18790
> rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x804f880, [INT], SA_RESTART}, NULL, 8) = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
> rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
> --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
> rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_DFL}, {0x804f880, [INT], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0
> exit_group(0)                           = ?
>
> ======================================================================
> Below is trace output in su login (without the - or -l option) and an
> environment
> where man pages work.
> ======================================================================
> # su
> # strace man -k grub
> execve("/usr/bin/man", ["man", "-k", "grub"], [/* 85 vars */]) = 0
> brk(0)                                  = 0x814d000
> mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0xb8043000
> access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
> directory)
> open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls/i686/sse2/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1
> ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls/i686/sse2", 0xbfa3f870) = -1 ENOENT
> (No such file or directory)
> open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls/i686/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT
> (No such file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls/i686", 0xbfa3f870) = -1 ENOENT (No
> such file or directory)
> open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls/sse2/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT
> (No such file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls/sse2", 0xbfa3f870) = -1 ENOENT (No
> such file or directory)
> open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No
> such file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls", 0xbfa3f870) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory)
> open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/i686/sse2/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT
> (No such file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/i686/sse2", 0xbfa3f870) = -1 ENOENT (No
> such file or directory)
> open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/i686/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No
> such file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/i686", 0xbfa3f870) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory)
> open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/sse2/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No
> such file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/sse2", 0xbfa3f870) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory)
> open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/lib/alliance/lib", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=12288,
> ...}) = 0
> open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=314610, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 314610, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ff6000
> close(3)                                = 0
> open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)        = 3
> read(3,
> "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0@\327\247\0004\0\0\0"...,
> 512) = 512
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1758468, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(0xa67000, 1476176, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE,
> 3, 0) = 0xa67000
> mmap2(0xbca000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x163) = 0xbca000
> mmap2(0xbcd000, 9808, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xbcd000
> close(3)                                = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0xb7ff5000
> set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7ff56c0,
> limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0,
> limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
> mprotect(0xbca000, 8192, PROT_READ)     = 0
> mprotect(0xa63000, 4096, PROT_READ)     = 0
> munmap(0xb7ff6000, 314610)              = 0
> brk(0)                                  = 0x814d000
> brk(0x816e000)                          = 0x816e000
> open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=79366688, ...}) = 0# strace
> man -k grub
> execve("/usr/bin/man", ["man", "-k", "grub"], [/* 85 vars */]) = 0
> brk(0)                                  = 0x814d000
> mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0xb8043000
> access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
> directory)
> open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls/i686/sse2/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1
> ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls/i686/sse2", 0xbfa3f870) = -1 ENOENT
> (No such file or directory)
> open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls/i686/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT
> (No such file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls/i686", 0xbfa3f870) = -1 ENOENT (No
> such file or directory)
> open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls/sse2/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT
> (No such file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls/sse2", 0xbfa3f870) = -1 ENOENT (No
> such file or directory)
> open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No
> such file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls", 0xbfa3f870) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory)
> open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/i686/sse2/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT
> (No such file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/i686/sse2", 0xbfa3f870) = -1 ENOENT (No
> such file or directory)
> open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/i686/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No
> such file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/i686", 0xbfa3f870) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory)
> open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/sse2/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No
> such file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/sse2", 0xbfa3f870) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory)
> open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such
> file or directory)
> stat64("/usr/lib/alliance/lib", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=12288,
> ...}) = 0
> open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=314610, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 314610, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ff6000
> close(3)                                = 0
> open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)        = 3
> read(3,
> "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0@\327\247\0004\0\0\0"...,
> 512) = 512
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1758468, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(0xa67000, 1476176, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE,
> 3, 0) = 0xa67000
> mmap2(0xbca000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x163) = 0xbca000
> mmap2(0xbcd000, 9808, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
> MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xbcd000
> close(3)                                = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0xb7ff5000
> set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7ff56c0,
> limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0,
> limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
> mprotect(0xbca000, 8192, PROT_READ)     = 0
> mprotect(0xa63000, 4096, PROT_READ)     = 0
> munmap(0xb7ff6000, 314610)              = 0
> brk(0)                                  = 0x814d000
> brk(0x816e000)                          = 0x816e000
> open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=79366688, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 2097152, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7df5000
> close(3)                                = 0
> getuid32()                              = 0
> geteuid32()                             = 0
> getgid32()                              = 0
> getegid32()                             = 0
> ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo
> ...}) = 0
> ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo
> ...}) = 0
> ioctl(0, TIOCGWINSZ, {ws_row=24, ws_col=80, ws_xpixel=0, ws_ypixel=0}) 
> = 0
> open("/etc/man.config", O_RDONLY)       = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=4907, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0xb8042000
> read(3, "#\n# Generated automatically from"..., 4096) = 4096
> brk(0x818f000)                          = 0x818f000
> read(3, "3:3p:4:5:6:7:9:0p:n:l:p:o:1x:2x:"..., 4096) = 811
> read(3, "", 4096)                       = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x804f880, [INT], SA_RESTART}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_IGN}, {0x804f880, [INT], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_IGN}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
> rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0
> clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_PARENT_SETTID|SIGCHLD,
> parent_tidptr=0xbfa3ff14) = 18592
> waitpid(18592, grub                (rpm) - GRUB - the Grand Unified Boot
> Loader.
> grub []              (8)  - install - install GRUB on your drive
> grub []              (8)  - md5-crypt - Encrypt a password in MD5 format
> grub []              (8)  - terminfo - Generate a terminfo command from
> a terminfo name
> grub []              (8)  - the grub shell
> grubby []            (8)  - command line tool for configuring grub,
> lilo, and elilo
> [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0) = 18592
> rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x804f880, [INT], SA_RESTART}, NULL, 8) = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
> rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
> --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
> rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_DFL}, {0x804f880, [INT], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0
> exit_group(0)                           = ?
>
> mmap2(NULL, 2097152, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7df5000
> close(3)                                = 0
> getuid32()                              = 0
> geteuid32()                             = 0
> getgid32()                              = 0
> getegid32()                             = 0
> ioctl(0, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo
> ...}) = 0
> ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo
> ...}) = 0
> ioctl(0, TIOCGWINSZ, {ws_row=24, ws_col=80, ws_xpixel=0, ws_ypixel=0}) 
> = 0
> open("/etc/man.config", O_RDONLY)       = 3
> fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=4907, ...}) = 0
> mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
> 0) = 0xb8042000
> read(3, "#\n# Generated automatically from"..., 4096) = 4096
> brk(0x818f000)                          = 0x818f000
> read(3, "3:3p:4:5:6:7:9:0p:n:l:p:o:1x:2x:"..., 4096) = 811
> read(3, "", 4096)                       = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x804f880, [INT], SA_RESTART}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_IGN}, {0x804f880, [INT], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_IGN}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
> rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0
> clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_PARENT_SETTID|SIGCHLD,
> parent_tidptr=0xbfa3ff14) = 18592
> waitpid(18592, grub                (rpm) - GRUB - the Grand Unified Boot
> Loader.
> grub []              (8)  - install - install GRUB on your drive
> grub []              (8)  - md5-crypt - Encrypt a password in MD5 format
> grub []              (8)  - terminfo - Generate a terminfo command from
> a terminfo name
> grub []              (8)  - the grub shell
> grubby []            (8)  - command line tool for configuring grub,
> lilo, and elilo
> [{WIFEXITED(s) && WEXITSTATUS(s) == 0}], 0) = 18592
> rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x804f880, [INT], SA_RESTART}, NULL, 8) = 0
> rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL}, NULL, 8) = 0
> rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
> --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) ---
> rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_DFL}, {0x804f880, [INT], SA_RESTART}, 8) = 0
> exit_group(0)                           = ?
>
> It appears that the alliance package has messed up the man pages? 
> Clearly there
> is an alliance directory with it's man pages but perhaps they are using
> a directory
> path with a missing /man sibdirectory?  I will look into this further to
> see where
> or why the /usr/lib/alliance directory is defined in the man search path.
>
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Whoa!

There is a clue: open("/usr/lib/alliance/lib/tls/i686/sse2/libc.so.6", 
O_RDONLY) = -1


What this means is that package Alliance is somehow screwing things up!  
I removed
this and related packages and the man pages now works.  I also 
discovered that this also
interfered with system-config-services in the strace as well but did not 
actually restore
the normal working functioning but however, it does not hang any more.
Hmm...  I think someone needs to ensure that the Alliance package needs 
to be
re-examined as far as ensuring other programs do not break?
Dan




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