Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:58:53 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: man(1) output error Message-ID: <20101029185853.0631917f.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimvdoceCoBhpiLGUkftLN0L=qfVV0nm_aD49kR7@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1010282232340.58967@wonkity.com> <AANLkTimvdoceCoBhpiLGUkftLN0L=qfVV0nm_aD49kR7@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:30:00 -0400, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote: > > % man csh | less +/rehash > > > > but after exiting less: > > > > 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 csh > > > > This error seems new. > > I can confirm that this does occur on 8.1-RELEASE and does not occur > on 8.1-STABLE r213338. Must be something older - I can confirm this for 7-STABLE (as of Aug 2008) on my home system. The error message appears when the man program (less) is quit by typing 'q'. The searching process itself works as intended. % man csh | less +/rehash rehash Causes the internal hash table of the contents of the directo- ries in the path variable to be recomputed. This is needed if [...] 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 csh % -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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