arg if MANPATH is set
To: None <gnats-admin>
From: Mark Weaver <mhw@cs.brown.edu>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 04/07/1994 08:35:03
>Number: 209
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: man(1) ignores <section> arg if MANPATH is set
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: gnats-admin (Utility Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: mhw
>Arrival-Date: Thu Apr 7 08:35:02 1994
>Originator: Mark Weaver
>Organization:
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Email: Mark_Weaver@brown.edu | Brown University
PGP Key: finger mhw@cs.brown.edu | Dept of Computer Science
>Release: current-940406
>Environment:
System: NetBSD cis-ts3-slip5.cis.brown.edu 0.9a EXCELSIOR#1 i386
>Description:
man(1) seems to ignore the <section> argument if the MANPATH is
set.
>How-To-Repeat:
MANPATH=/usr/share/man
export MANPATH
man 5 passwd [this gives you passwd(1)]
unset MANPATH
man 5 passwd [this gives you passwd(5)]
>Fix:
Unknown
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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