in message <alpine.bsf.2.00.1010302050110.7...@wonkity.com>, wrote Warren Block thusly... > > On Sat, 30 Oct 2010, Warren Block wrote: > > > On Fri, 29 Oct 2010, Chip Camden wrote: > > > >>> % 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 ... > >> I can confirm that the very latest 8.1-STABLE (csup and build > >> this morning) reproduces the problem. uname -a: > >> > >> FreeBSD libertas.local.camdensoftware.com 8.1-STABLE FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE > >> #85: Fri Oct 29 10:27:19 PDT 2010 > >> sterl...@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LIBERTAS > >> amd64 > > > > This seems to be a problem with the csh man page. Other pages > > work fine, like 'man hosts | less +/named' or 'man devfs | less > > +/ruleset'. > > Actually, it appears to be a problem with long manual pages, > including csh, bash, or perlfunc.
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). - parv -- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"