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Date:      Tue, 05 Sep 2023 16:42:03 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 273582] man: check if run in a pipe before invoking MANPAGER
Message-ID:  <bug-273582-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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            Bug ID: 273582
           Summary: man: check if run in a pipe before invoking MANPAGER
           Product: Base System
           Version: CURRENT
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: bin
          Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: freebsd@igalic.co

setting MANPAGER to something esoteric like `nvim +Man!` means that programs
such as emacs which allow preview of man pages, will hang forever, waiting =
for
nvim to produce output on stdin.

man should check if it's being invoked in a pipe (using tty(1)), and only i=
f it
isn't, invoke MANPAGER.

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