On Sunday, January 18, 2004 8:44 PM [GMT-5], Larry Hall wrote: > At 11:03 AM 1/18/2004, Alejandro Lopez-Valencia you wrote: >> The file /usr/share/misc/man.conf specifies less flags as "-is". >> This must be set to "-isrR" to work with groff's default tty output >> using SGR codes. > > > If you had a /usr/share/misc/man.conf file before the install, you > won't get an updated version from the install. Either make the > change manually or remove usr/share/misc/man.conf and reinstall. > There is nothing wrong with the man tarball.
Hmmm... You are obliquely correct, of course, but your answer presumes too much. I am reporting a package configuration bug, not weeping for help on a "small little thing anybody should know how to do"(tm).[1] Are you the packager maintainer? (No I am *not* volunteering, thank you). IMAO, the maintainer should have fixed the obvious bug (and documented blunder!) of not using "-isrR" in man-1.5m2-1 by modifying the postinstall script to backup the old man.conf file if present and installing a new one with the bug fix. [1] A registered trademark of the BOFH, or it should be. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/