Re: man(1) output error
Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: % man csh | less +/rehash [...] 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 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. Does it by any chance go away if you cause less to read the pipe all the way to EOF, e.g. by entering G, before exiting? If so, there may be a problem in the way man handles SIGPIPE. ___ 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
Re: man(1) output error
On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:00:41 -0700, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Does it by any chance go away if you cause less to read the pipe all the way to EOF, e.g. by entering G, before exiting? In this case - no error message (either by typing G, End, or manually scrolling through the whole manpage). % man csh | less :q 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 % % man csh | less :G (END) :q % If so, there may be a problem in the way man handles SIGPIPE. Would be understandable. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ 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
Re: man(1) output error
in message alpine.bsf.2.00.1010302151370.7...@wonkity.com, wrote Warren Block thusly... On Sat, 30 Oct 2010, Adam Vande More wrote: On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 10:13 PM, p...@pair.com 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 -- ___ 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
Re: man(1) output error
On Sun, 31 Oct 2010, Adam Vande More wrote: On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: True - and just confirmed on 5.4-p14, so it must have been waiting inside the machine for many years now... Looks like the Norwiegans got to the the south pole first: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2006-November/030705.html Yes. A followup explains the problem more: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2006-November/030708.html Why I do this: it's nice to give people a direct link to a spot in a man page. There's an alternate way, which is ugly and visually confusing but does not show errors: % man -P 'less +/following' ifconfig ___ 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
Re: man(1) output error
Quoth Warren Block on Saturday, 30 October 2010: 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 % (meant to reply to list) 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. Yes -- it also fails on 'man zshall | less +/alias', for instance. -- Sterling (Chip) Camden| sterl...@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com| http://chipsquips.com pgp73MeThbSmm.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: man(1) output error
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 % (meant to reply to list) 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'. ___ 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
Re: man(1) output error
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 % (meant to reply to list) 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. ___ 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
Re: man(1) output error
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
Re: man(1) output error
On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 10:13 PM, p...@pair.com 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. -- Adam Vande More ___ 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
Re: man(1) output error
On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:27:49 -0500, Adam Vande More amvandem...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 10:13 PM, p...@pair.com 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. zsh 4 on FreeBSD 7: % man perlfunc | less '+/y' Error executing formatting or display command. system command exited with status 36096 No manual entry for perlfunc bash 4 on FreeBSD 7: $ man perlfunc | less '+/y' Error executing formatting or display command. system command exited with status 36096 No manual entry for perlfunc Maybe some buffer issue as the length of the man page seems to have an influence? -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ 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
Re: man(1) output error
On Sat, 30 Oct 2010, Adam Vande More wrote: On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 10:13 PM, p...@pair.com 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 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 Go to the EOF with G first, then press q, and there are no errors. ___ 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
Re: man(1) output error
On Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:21:02 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: 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 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 Go to the EOF with G first, then press q, and there are no errors. True - and just confirmed on 5.4-p14, so it must have been waiting inside the machine for many years now... -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ 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
Re: man(1) output error
On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 11:44 PM, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: True - and just confirmed on 5.4-p14, so it must have been waiting inside the machine for many years now... Looks like the Norwiegans got to the the south pole first: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2006-November/030705.html -- Adam Vande More ___ 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
Re: man(1) output error
% 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. -- Eitan Adler ___ 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
Re: man(1) output error
On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:30:00 -0400, Eitan Adler li...@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, ... ___ 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
Re: man(1) output error
Quoth Polytropon on Friday, 29 October 2010: On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:30:00 -0400, Eitan Adler li...@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 % (meant to reply to list) 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 -- Sterling (Chip) Camden| sterl...@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com| http://chipsquips.com pgpvgHjVwg7y4.pgp Description: PGP signature
man(1) output error
On 8-stable, this works: % 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. ___ 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
