Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 12:11:48 -0400 (EDT) From: System Administrator <root@forrie.ne.client2.attbi.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: gnu/54637: "man" manpage subsystem not working, missing tty-char error Message-ID: <200307191611.h6JGBmaM031049@forrie.ne.client2.attbi.com> Resent-Message-ID: <200307191620.h6JGKDkU061793@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 54637 >Category: gnu >Synopsis: "man" manpage subsystem not working, missing tty-char error >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Jul 19 09:20:13 PDT 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Forrest Aldrich >Release: FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE i386 >Organization: None >Environment: System: FreeBSD forrie.ne.client2.attbi.com 4.8-STABLE FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE #58: Tue Jul 15 16:56:00 EDT 2003 root@forrie.ne.client2.attbi.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FORRIE i386 >Description: Since 2 weeks ago, with CVSup updates, the "man" command (and subsequent installs that need to build manpages) is failing. The error I consistently get is: Formatting page, please wait...troff: fatal error: can't find macro file tty-char Despite rebuilding and reinstalling the system (through makeworld/buildworld) this error continues. >How-To-Repeat: Repeating this is simply trying to call "man" on any command. >Fix: Unknown what the proper fix is; I suspect "man" isn't seeing /usr/share/man/tmac/tmac.tty-char but I could be wrong. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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