[Bug 1315282] Re: man does not respect COLUMNS variable

Launchpad Bug Tracker 1315282 at bugs.launchpad.net
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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