systemd man pages are missing

[paulmey]

Describe the bug
The man pages for systemd were removed from all systemd packages in #1732.
Most packaged do have man pages that are installed under /usr/share/man. I can understand there may be a reason to keep them out of the main package, but would you consider packaging them separately?

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. dnf install man
2. mandb - updates the man db
3. man systemd.unit try to view the man page for systemd units for the installed version of systemd.
4. See error:

root@ecd16a1961c0 [ ~ ]# man systemd.unit
No manual entry for systemd.unit

Expected behavior
I'd hoped to be able to read the man page.

[elsaco]

@paulmey what version of CBL-Mariner are you referring to? Version 3.0.20240824 of Azure Linux installs a systemd package that contains the man pages also, click to expand:

systemd 255 (255-17.azl3)

/usr/share/man/man1/busctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/homectl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/hostnamectl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/init.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/journalctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/localectl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/loginctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mount.ddi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/oomctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/portablectl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/resolvectl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd-ac-power.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd-analyze.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd-ask-password.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd-cat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd-cgls.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd-cgtop.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd-creds.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd-delta.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd-detect-virt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd-dissect.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd-escape.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd-firstboot.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd-firstboot.service.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd-id128.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd-inhibit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd-machine-id-setup.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd-mount.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd-notify.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd-path.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd-run.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd-socket-activate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd-stdio-bridge.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd-tty-ask-password-agent.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd-umount.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/systemd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/timedatectl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/userdbctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/varlinkctl.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/dnssec-trust-anchors.d.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/environment.d.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/extension-release.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/hostname.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/iocost.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/journald.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/journald.conf.d.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/[email protected]
/usr/share/man/man5/locale.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/localtime.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/logind.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/logind.conf.d.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/machine-id.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/machine-info.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/org.freedesktop.LogControl1.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/org.freedesktop.hostname1.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/org.freedesktop.locale1.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/org.freedesktop.login1.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/org.freedesktop.oom1.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/org.freedesktop.systemd1.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/org.freedesktop.timedate1.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/os-release.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/system.conf.d.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd-system.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd-user-runtime-dir.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd-user.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd.automount.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd.device.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd.dnssd.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd.exec.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd.kill.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd.link.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd.mount.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd.nspawn.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd.path.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd.pcrlock.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd.pcrlock.d.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd.preset.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd.resource-control.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd.scope.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd.service.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd.slice.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd.socket.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd.swap.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd.target.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd.timer.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/systemd.unit.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sysupdate.d.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/sysusers.d.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/tmpfiles.d.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/[email protected]
/usr/share/man/man5/user.conf.d.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/[email protected]
/usr/share/man/man5/veritytab.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/bootup.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/daemon.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/file-hierarchy.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/kernel-command-line.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/linuxaa64.efi.stub.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/linuxia32.efi.stub.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/linuxx64.efi.stub.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/sd-stub.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/smbios-type-11.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/systemd-stub.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/systemd.directives.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/systemd.environment-generator.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/systemd.generator.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/systemd.image-policy.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/systemd.index.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/systemd.journal-fields.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/systemd.net-naming-scheme.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/systemd.offline-updates.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/systemd.special.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/systemd.syntax.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/systemd.system-credentials.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/systemd.time.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/30-systemd-environment-d-generator.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/halt.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nss-myhostname.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nss-resolve.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nss-systemd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/poweroff.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/rc-local.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/reboot.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/runlevel.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/shutdown.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-ask-password-console.path.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-ask-password-console.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-ask-password-wall.path.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-ask-password-wall.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-battery-check.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-battery-check.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-boot-check-no-failures.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-boot-check-no-failures.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-confext.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-confext.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-debug-generator.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-environment-d-generator.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-fstab-generator.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-getty-generator.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-halt.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-hostnamed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-hostnamed.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-initctl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-initctl.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-initctl.socket.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-journald-audit.socket.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-journald-dev-log.socket.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/[email protected]
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-journald.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-journald.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-journald.socket.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/[email protected]
/usr/share/man/man8/[email protected]
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-kexec.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-localed.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-localed.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-logind.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-logind.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-machine-id-commit.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-network-generator.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-network-generator.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-poweroff.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-rc-local-generator.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-reboot.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-run-generator.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-shutdown.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-socket-proxyd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-soft-reboot.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-storagetm.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-storagetm.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-sysext.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-sysext.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-system-update-generator.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-sysupdate-reboot.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-sysupdate-reboot.timer.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-sysupdate.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-sysupdate.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-sysupdate.timer.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-sysusers.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-sysusers.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-sysv-generator.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-time-wait-sync.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-time-wait-sync.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-timedated.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-timedated.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-tmpfiles.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-tpm2-setup-early.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-tpm2-setup.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-tpm2-setup.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-update-done.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-update-done.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-update-utmp-runlevel.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-update-utmp.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-update-utmp.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-user-sessions.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-user-sessions.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-userdbd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-userdbd.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/systemd-xdg-autostart-generator.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/telinit.8.gz

AZL info used for testing:

NAME="Microsoft Azure Linux"
VERSION="3.0.20240824"
ID=azurelinux
VERSION_ID="3.0"
PRETTY_NAME="Microsoft Azure Linux 3.0"
ANSI_COLOR="1;34"
HOME_URL="https://aka.ms/azurelinux"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://aka.ms/azurelinux"
SUPPORT_URL="https://aka.ms/azurelinux"

[paulmey]

Ah yes, sorry, my bad. This was on AZL 2.0. Good to know that it is fixed in 3.0.
If it is something that can be fixed in 2.0 as well, that would be great. Otherwise, I'll learn to live with it until we can move to 3.0.