Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:58:53 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: man(1) output error Message-ID: <20101029185853.0631917f.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimvdoceCoBhpiLGUkftLN0L=qfVV0nm_aD49kR7@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010282232340.58967@wonkity.com> <AANLkTimvdoceCoBhpiLGUkftLN0L=qfVV0nm_aD49kR7@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:30:00 -0400, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote:
> > % man csh | less +/rehash
> >
> > but after exiting less:
> >
> > 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
> >
> > This error seems new.
>
> I can confirm that this does occur on 8.1-RELEASE and does not occur
> on 8.1-STABLE r213338.
Must be something older - I can confirm this for 7-STABLE (as of
Aug 2008) on my home system. The error message appears when the
man program (less) is quit by typing 'q'. The searching process
itself works as intended.
% 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
%
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Polytropon
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