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Date:      Sat, 14 Feb 2015 07:40:24 -0800
From:      David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>
To:        Pete French <petefrench@ingresso.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Unable to read manpages (even after installing groff)
Message-ID:  <20150214154024.GW1256@albert.catwhisker.org>
In-Reply-To: <E1YMeJu-000JU0-8Z@dilbert.ingresso.co.uk>
References:  <E1YMeJu-000JU0-8Z@dilbert.ingresso.co.uk>

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On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 03:07:46PM +0000, Pete French wrote:
> Updated to stable yesterday, now when I trype (for example) 'man man'
> I get this:
>=20
> 	This manpage needs groff(1) to be rendered
> 	First install groff(1):=20
> 	pkg install groff=20
>=20
> Surprised, as I expect manpages to be readable on a default
> nstall, but more sirprised when I followed the istructions
> and isnatlled groff, and I still get the message!
>=20
> Did manpages break somehow ?
> ....

Fixed by r278693; ref.
<http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?201502131845.t1DIjjHv025508>.

A workaround for this specific isue is:

# sed -i "" -e 's/groff2/groff/' /usr/bin/man

Peace,
david
--=20
David H. Wolfskill				david@catwhisker.org
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