Updated to stable yesterday, now when I trype (for example) 'man man' I get this: This manpage needs groff(1) to be rendered First install groff(1): pkg install groff 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! Did manpages break somehow ? -pete.
David Wolfskill
2015-Feb-14 15:40 UTC
Unable to read manpages (even after installing groff)
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: > > This manpage needs groff(1) to be rendered > First install groff(1): > pkg install groff > > 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! > > 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 -- David H. Wolfskill david at catwhisker.org Those who murder in the name of God or prophet are blasphemous cowards. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 949 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/attachments/20150214/fb8304e0/attachment.sig>