Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 09:06:15 -0700 From: Chip Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: man(1) output error Message-ID: <20101031160615.GA89086@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010302050110.7006@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> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010302050110.7006@wonkity.com>
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--sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Warren Block on Saturday, 30 October 2010: > On Sat, 30 Oct 2010, Warren Block wrote: >=20 > >On Fri, 29 Oct 2010, Chip Camden wrote: > > > >>>% man csh | less +/rehash > >>> > >>> rehash Causes the internal hash table of the contents of the= =20 > >>>directo- > >>> ries in the path variable to be recomputed. This is= =20 > >>>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= =20 > >>#85: Fri Oct 29 10:27:19 PDT 2010=20 > >>sterling@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LIBERTA= S=20 > >>amd64 > > > >This seems to be a problem with the csh man page. Other pages work fine= ,=20 > >like 'man hosts | less +/named' or 'man devfs | less +/ruleset'. >=20 > Actually, it appears to be a problem with long manual pages, including=20 > csh, bash, or perlfunc. Yes -- it also fails on 'man zshall | less +/alias', for instance. --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips= .com --sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMzZP3AAoJEIpckszW26+RmPsIAJUJjDLXzR+DbN6gLewfkBIB NLxDWV0jhcntq2Nxb1MCbBul2n5nzcwrlsjXzkEHPUWsFyLf/v1ebRpelpRfNdfC iGh/eoO+QaNZz9AYEacnydQSgDEez3LnOyib0IbCv9QNZhehhF3B3lxIFjR4yeCk WztSszQTQyBAJJHTBrHHQBzG3560CQQocMbKeyLSKDlii4Rv4T5ZupZTDJR++JR2 om5O+Z74DH97L+zK7RRwFVA9/+JpNaJzK1zV2ASg9SYA07rpK9ep8X7POr59K8wJ lnNsq3kxz1rpRyA+YR/yuXxHSxwy0vi0Mm9lrRcwJ+mBQxRTyElTIC4EvWkSi+4= =GqeY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --sdtB3X0nJg68CQEu--
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