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From: "Elfyn McBratney" <elfyn-cygwin AT exposure DOT org DOT uk>
To: "cygwin" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>, <hauser AT acm DOT org>
References: <KJEOKFJJEDMIGBEEJCHCGEBGNJAA DOT ralfhauser AT gmx DOT ch>
Subject: Re: man problems - how to get a pre 1.5g-2 binary?
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 07:31:04 -0000
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> Since January I have the following problems with man:
>
> If I use 1.5g-2, it finds all pages in the manpath, but renders the troff
> with lots of ugly Esc[^...
>
> If I use 1.5j-1, the pages it finds are rendered nicely, but it doesn't
find
> the pages in the directories I added myself to the manpath.
>
> Anybody knows the solution to this?
>
> Or (since it worked fine before Jan 2003) - how can I get an older binary
on
> http://www.cygwin.com - perhaps this will bring me back to the 2002 state
of
> "man" just working like I expect it to?
>
> Typically I use to first download to local drive and then install from
> there, but it appears that I didn't for this part...
>
> Many thanks for any hints in advance!


I don't think a version before 1.5g-2 will be hanging around as that package
was introduced sometime in 2000. What is the contents of your MANPATH
environment variable?


Regards,

Elfyn McBratney
elfyn AT exposure DOT org DOT uk
www.exposure.org.uk



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