[Bug 1315282] Re: man does not respect COLUMNS variable
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Fri Sep 26 02:46:13 UTC 2014
This bug was fixed in the package man-db - 2.7.0-1
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man-db (2.7.0-1) unstable; urgency=medium
* New upstream release:
- Add systemd tmpfiles snippet to clean up old cat files after a week.
- Run "col -b -p -x" over cat pages if possible before parsing them
(closes: #751934).
- Move database mtime out of the database into file metadata, making the
database reproducible between installations (closes: #760895).
- Use high-precision timestamps.
- Order files by first physical extent before reading (closes: #574410).
- Prioritise COLUMNS above TIOCGWINSZ (LP: #1315282).
- Formatting improvements to man(1) (closes: #726266).
- Don't use pointed-to name as title for database-located pages (closes:
#709405).
- Move zsoelim to /usr/lib/man-db/.
* Remove unnecessary entries from debian/dirs.
* Cache the value of man-db/auto-update in the file system, so that we
don't have to talk to debconf when processing triggers (closes:
#579075).
* Add MIME handlers (thanks, Kevin Ryde; closes: #725157).
* Override the long-standing Lintian warning for non-standard-dir-perm on
/var/cache/man.
* Adjust cron.daily to skip cat file cleanup if running under systemd,
since the upstream-provided tmpfiles snippet now handles that.
* Rebuild the database on upgrade to this version, since the format has
changed.
-- Colin Watson <cjwatson at debian.org> Mon, 22 Sep 2014 19:43:40 +0100
** Changed in: man-db (Ubuntu)
Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released
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Title:
man does not respect COLUMNS variable
Status in “man-db” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
The man program, even perldoc, does not respect the COLUMNS variable:
$ echo $COLUMNS
191
$ COLUMNS=80 man resolv.conf
The man page is formatted to the full width.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: man-db 2.6.7.1-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri May 2 10:03:16 2014
SourcePackage: man-db
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-02-09 (81 days ago)
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