From owner-freebsd-bugs Sun Jan 12 07:50:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id HAA02662 for bugs-outgoing; Sun, 12 Jan 1997 07:50:04 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id HAA02652; Sun, 12 Jan 1997 07:50:02 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 07:50:02 -0800 (PST) Resent-Message-Id: <199701121550.HAA02652@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: gnats (GNATS Management) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats@freefall.FreeBSD.org, Received:(from nobody@localhost) by.freefall.freebsd.org.id.HAA02344;Sun; (8.8.4/8.8.4);, 12 Jan 1997 07:42:26.-0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199701121542.HAA02344@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 07:42:26 -0800 (PST) From: andrew@ugh.net.au To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 Subject: docs/2460: manpages sometimes appear to be 0 bytes Sender: owner-bugs@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >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 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 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: