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Date:      Sat, 30 Oct 2010 20:50:51 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
To:        Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: man(1) output error
Message-ID:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010302050110.7006@wonkity.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010301810530.6585@wonkity.com>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010282232340.58967@wonkity.com> <AANLkTimvdoceCoBhpiLGUkftLN0L=qfVV0nm_aD49kR7@mail.gmail.com> <20101029185853.0631917f.freebsd@edvax.de> <20101029184958.GE2439@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010301810530.6585@wonkity.com>

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On Sat, 30 Oct 2010, Warren Block wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Oct 2010, Chip Camden wrote:
>
>>> % man csh | less +/rehash
>>>
>>>        rehash  Causes the internal hash table of the contents of the 
>>> directo-
>>>                ries  in the path variable to be recomputed.  This is 
>>> needed if
>>> 	[...]
>>> Error executing formatting or display command.
>>> system command exited with status 36096
>>> Error executing formatting or display command.
>>> system command exited with status 36096
>>> No manual entry for csh
>>> %
>>> 
>> 
>> (meant to reply to list)
>> 
>> I can confirm that the very latest 8.1-STABLE (csup and build this
>> morning) reproduces the problem.  uname -a:
>> 
>> FreeBSD libertas.local.camdensoftware.com 8.1-STABLE FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE 
>> #85: Fri Oct 29 10:27:19 PDT 2010 
>> sterling@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LIBERTAS 
>> amd64
>
> This seems to be a problem with the csh man page.  Other pages work fine, 
> like 'man hosts | less +/named' or 'man devfs | less +/ruleset'.

Actually, it appears to be a problem with long manual pages, including 
csh, bash, or perlfunc.



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