man(1) output error

[Warren Block]

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 
>> sterling at 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.