Public bug reported:
The man program, even perldoc, does not respect the COLUMNS variable:
$ echo $COLUMNS
191
$ COLUMNS=80 man resolv.conf
The man page is formatted to the full width.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: man-db 2.6.7.1-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri May 2 10:03:16 2014
SourcePackage: man-db
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-02-09 (81 days ago)
** Affects: man-db (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 trusty
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