Date: Fri, 8 Mar 1996 12:53:13 -0500 From: mi@ALDAN.algebra.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/1068: man ignores -P option when combined with -k Message-ID: <199603081753.MAA16865@aldan> Resent-Message-ID: <199603081920.LAA07026@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 1068 >Category: bin >Synopsis: man ignores -P option when combined with -k >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Mar 8 11:20:01 PST 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Mikhail Teterin >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386 >Environment: No PAGER environment variable set. >Description: When asked for a specific PAGER on command-line with -P option man uses the pager properly. However, when asked for -k (apropos) man executes /usr/bin/apropos -- a shell script, which only checks for PAGER variable in the environment, but does not accept the -P option. So man -P <pager> -k <whatever> is always outputed through more -s (or your $PAGER). >How-To-Repeat: man -P less -k man suspend with ^Z ps -ww >Fix: Set the $PAGER will work around. /usr/bin/apropos needs a fix, IMHO. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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