'makewhatis' coughs on 'wput.1.gz' (on Vista)

[Lee D. Rothstein]

Dave Korn wrote:
> On 28 December 2007 05:03, Lee D. Rothstein wrote:
>
>   
>> 'makewhatis ('whereis' and 'apropos' database setup script) generates
>> the following errors:
>>
>> $ makewhatis
>>
>> gzip: /usr/share/man/man1/./wput.1.gz: invalid compressed data--crc error
>>
>> gzip: /usr/share/man/man1/./wput.1.gz: invalid compressed data--length error
>>
>> Reinstall of 'man' and 'wput' does not help.
>>
>> Anybody know what the problem is?
>>     
> ...
>
>   It's been d2u'd, which isn't the right thing to do with a compressed file!
>
>     cheers,
>       DaveK
>   

d2u -- (in this instance) not a good idea
d2me  (Dave to Me) -- great idea! Thanks.


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