Missing Man Pages After Kickstart Installation

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Issue

  • Following kickstart installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, man pages are missing.

    [root@test log]# man rpm
    No manual entry for rpm
    
    [root@test log]# man semodule
    No manual entry for semodule
    
    [root@test log]# ls -l `rpm -ql policycoreutils |grep man`
    ls: cannot access /usr/share/man/man1/secon.1.gz: No such file or directory
    ls: cannot access /usr/share/man/man5/selinux_config.5.gz: No such file or directory
    ls: cannot access /usr/share/man/man5/sestatus.conf.5.gz: No such file or directory
    ls: cannot access /usr/share/man/man8/fixfiles.8.gz: No such file or directory
    ls: cannot access /usr/share/man/man8/genhomedircon.8.gz: No such file or directory
    ls: cannot access /usr/share/man/man8/load_policy.8.gz: No such file or directory
    ls: cannot access /usr/share/man/man8/restorecon.8.gz: No such file or directory
    ls: cannot access /usr/share/man/man8/semodule.8.gz: No such file or directory
    ls: cannot access /usr/share/man/man8/sestatus.8.gz: No such file or directory
    ls: cannot access /usr/share/man/man8/setfiles.8.gz: No such file or directory
    ls: cannot access /usr/share/man/man8/setsebool.8.gz: No such file or directory
    ls: cannot access /usr/share/man/ru/man1/secon.1.gz: No such file or directory
    ls: cannot access /usr/share/man/ru/man8/fixfiles.8.gz: No such file or directory
    ls: cannot access /usr/share/man/ru/man8/load_policy.8.gz: No such file or directory
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x

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