re: CVS commit: src/usr.bin/man

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

"Alan Barrett" writes:
> Module Name:  src
> Committed By: apb
> Date:         Thu Aug 14 15:31:12 UTC 2014
> 
> Modified Files:
>       src/usr.bin/man: man.c
> 
> Log Message:
> For an argument to be interpreted as a local file name, bypassing the
> search rules in man.conf or MANPATH, it must begin with "/", "./", or
> "../".  Simply testing whether it contains "/" is wrong, because it
> breaks usage like "man 8 vax/boot".
> 
> This reverts revision 1.57 dated 2013-10-06,
> "Be more permissive in interpreting man pages as filenames".

what about trying to stat() it and use it, as a last resort?
it's always kind of bothered me "man file.1" doesn't work,
and the "./" workaround always seems sleezy.


.mrg.