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Date:      Sun, 12 Jan 1997 07:42:26 -0800 (PST)
From:      andrew@ugh.net.au
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   docs/2460: manpages sometimes appear to be 0 bytes
Message-ID:  <199701121542.HAA02344@freefall.freebsd.org>
Resent-Message-ID: <199701121550.HAA02652@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         2460
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       manpages sometimes appear to be 0 bytes
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Jan 12 07:50:01 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Andrew Stevenson
>Organization:
>Release:        2.2-BETA_A
>Environment:
FreeBSD sally.ugh.net.au 2.2-BETA_A FreeBSD 2.2-BETA_A #0: Sat Jan 11 22:19:46
EST 1997	andrew@sally.ugh.net.au:/usr/src/sys/compile/SALLY	i386
>Description:
Every now and then (it happened a lot when I first installed) when you
type man <whatever> it says formatting page....Done and then your
prompt returns. You dont get a man page. A 0 byte file (until it was
compressed) is left in man/cat?. If you delete this file and type man
<whatever> again it usually works.

>How-To-Repeat:
Read a few manpages till you get the bug...it used to happen to me all
the time but now only occaisonally.

>Fix:

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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