Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2005 12:01:04 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <garys@opusnet.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/84646: terminfo(5) manpage confuses man program. Message-ID: <20050807115135.D64769@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <yhiryhls10.ryh@mail.opusnet.com> References: <yhiryhls10.ryh@mail.opusnet.com>
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On Sun, 7 Aug 2005, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > >> Number: 84646 >> Category: docs >> Synopsis: terminfo(5) manpage confuses man program. >> Confidential: no >> Severity: non-critical >> Priority: low >> Responsible: freebsd-doc >> State: open >> Quarter: >> Keywords: >> Date-Required: >> Class: doc-bug >> Submitter-Id: current-users >> Arrival-Date: Sun Aug 07 14:50:16 GMT 2005 >> Closed-Date: >> Last-Modified: >> Originator: Gary W. Swearingen >> Release: FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE i386 >> Organization: > none >> Environment: > n/a >> Description: > > (Hoping this isn't a "man" bug.) > > This command: > (unset PAGER; /usr/bin/man 5 terminfo) > produces VERY many error message starting with: > > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:155: excess data entry `-' discarded See 80871. It's been fixed in a later version of terminfo, but that might also imply bringing in a later version of ncurses. There may be a reason not to do that; don't know. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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