docs/84646: terminfo(5) manpage confuses man program.

Gary W. Swearingen garys at opusnet.com
Sun Aug 7 14:50:18 UTC 2005


>Number:         84646
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       terminfo(5) manpage confuses man program.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Aug 07 14:50:16 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Gary W. Swearingen
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
n/a
>Description:

(Hoping this isn't a "man" bug.)

This command:
    (unset PAGER; /usr/bin/man 5 terminfo)
produces VERY many error message starting with:

/usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:155: excess data entry `-' discarded

>How-To-Repeat:
n/a

>Fix:
Maybe get newer version from vender (FSF).
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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