Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 20:18:57 +0100 From: Jamie Paul Griffin <jamie@kode5.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with zcat uncompressing man pages Message-ID: <20120927191857.GA2389@kontrol.kode5.net> In-Reply-To: <20120926170258.GI69724@acme.spoerlein.net> References: <20120925115801.GE6954@kontrol.kode5.net> <20120926170258.GI69724@acme.spoerlein.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
[ Ulrich Spörlein wrote on Wed 26.Sep'12 at 19:02:58 +0200 ] > On Tue, 2012-09-25 at 12:58:01 +0100, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: > > Hi > > > > When I read 'certain' -- not all -- man pages zcat writes a small error to stderr when opening the man page; however, the man page does actually open. The message i get on the terminal is: > > > > zcat: error writing to output: Broken pipe > > zcat: /usr/local/man/man5/muttrc.5.gz: uncompress failed > > > > When closing the man page, another message is shown on stderr: > > > > grotty:<standard input> (<standard input>):54131:fatal error: output error > > > > > > Would anyone here know the possible cause and fix for this issue? > > Well, what is /usr/local/man/man5/muttrc.5.gz? > > ls -l /usr/local/man/man5/muttrc.5.gz > file /usr/local/man/man5/muttrc.5.gz > zcat /usr/local/man/man5/muttrc.5.gz | head -5 > xxd /usr/local/man/man5/muttrc.5.gz | head > > It looks like you simple have a garbled manpage, and the catpage is > displayed instead. > > Cheers > Uli Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, this is not the only man page it happens with; a number of pages show the same issue, usually with man pages that have been installed with ports.
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20120927191857.GA2389>