Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 02:20:03 -0700 (PDT) From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/37662: man(1) fails to display anything if $PAGER is set but blank Message-ID: <200205060920.g469K3I08948@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/37662; it has been noted by GNATS. From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: Peter Lowe <pgl@yoyo.org> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/37662: man(1) fails to display anything if $PAGER is set but blank Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 10:14:56 +0100 On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 12:16:39PM +0100, Peter Lowe wrote: > >Fix: > patch man's source to check for $PAGER with a non-zero value. I think this is actually a bug in the FreeBSD version of sh. It accepts the command: (echo hello |) as valid, where as most Bourne like shells don't. David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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