From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 31 09:28:10 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E86A1065673 for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2010 09:28:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from parv@pair.com) Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com (hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com [71.74.56.122]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 513B98FC08 for ; Sun, 31 Oct 2010 09:28:10 +0000 (UTC) X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=kXGwZUU/u1JTMRv8Axk4W0omja+vfTT+sGlOkodD8F8= c=1 sm=0 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=i+/JZ7yNYkEB9O74GrsxMg==:17 a=s1O25tkdAAAA:8 a=Ymsr-CWnAAAA:8 a=JURFrD1CJAnuigDJ8akA:9 a=joMz10_kNSrStd3N7EUA:7 a=J_nwzRH-c_-LL2su0MdL7rcU_3QA:4 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=OyOq_G8mXAEA:10 a=v2EulsF24l4A:10 a=i+/JZ7yNYkEB9O74GrsxMg==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 67.49.188.22 Received: from [67.49.188.22] ([67.49.188.22:13367] helo=localhost.hawaii.res.rr.com) by hrndva-oedge02.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id 46/6A-14897-8A63DCC4; Sun, 31 Oct 2010 09:28:09 +0000 Received: from holstein.holy.cow (parv [127.0.0.2]) by localhost.hawaii.res.rr.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65DA85CB2; Sat, 30 Oct 2010 23:33:06 -1000 (HST) Received: (from parv@localhost) by holstein.holy.cow (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o9V9X5NZ005550; Sat, 30 Oct 2010 23:33:05 -1000 (HST) (envelope-from parv@pair.com) X-Authentication-Warning: holstein.holy.cow: parv set sender to parv@pair.com using -f Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 23:33:05 -1000 From: parv@pair.com To: Warren Block Message-ID: <20101031093305.GA2080@holstein.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: parv@pair.com, Warren Block , Adam Vande More , Chip Camden , questions@freebsd.org References: <20101029185853.0631917f.freebsd@edvax.de> <20101029184958.GE2439@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20101031031353.GA2241@holstein.holy.cow> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Cc: Adam Vande More , Chip Camden , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: man(1) output error X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 09:28:10 -0000 in message , wrote Warren Block thusly... > > On Sat, 30 Oct 2010, Adam Vande More wrote: > > > On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 10:13 PM, wrote: > > I tried with "man perlfunc | less '+/y'" (also repeated the above > > with csh) which did not result in any error messages in zsh 4 on > > FreeBSD 8-STABLE (c. Sep 9 2010). > > > > > > Perhaps it's not directly related to the shell since your config > > is similar to except my stable is from Oct 4 and the error > > happens here. > > Sounds right. The initial search command for less (+/whatever) is > not always needed; after the error appears with it, just 'man > perlfunc | less' will give the errors. > > The errors appear here when 'man perlfunc | less +/y' is run on > csh, bash, or zsh and "q" is pressed before the EOF has been > reached: > > % man perlfunc | less +/y > Error executing formatting or display command. > system command exited with status 36096 > No manual entry for perlfunc Yes, pressing "q" in less produces the above too here. > The status is always 36096, or 0x8d00. Haven't yet found a short > man page which does this. Interestingly, longer man pages may do > it twice: > > % man ifconfig | less +/following > 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 ifconfig Now this is also reproducible. > Go to the EOF with "G" first, then press "q", and there are no > errors. Yep. Thanks Warren for listing various cases. That made me realize that I did went to the end of two manual pages when I had tried to reproduce the error earlier. - parv --