[Bug 442262] New: man is unusable
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=442262 User matz@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=442262#c303433 Summary: man is unusable Product: openSUSE 11.1 Version: Factory Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem AssignedTo: werner@novell.com ReportedBy: matz@novell.com QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- In 11.1 man behaves in a surprising way: % man man Man: find all matching manual pages * man (1) man (7) man (1p) Man: What manual page do you want? This seems to be for implementing fate #303433, which in fact was rejected, so I don't understand why it was implemented at all. It's surprising behaviour to most (as in "except three in the world") users, and the distro is no experimental playground for trying unusual strangenesses. Not even if some random solaris version happens to implement this. It is cumbersome to be asked nearly _all_ the time for normal commands. Please take it back, if people really want such behaviour they can configure it themself (and don't come with the argument that this is nice to exactly those users who _can't_ configure it themself). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Dr. Werner Fink
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Andreas Jaeger
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--- Comment #3 from Michael Matz
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Karl Eichwalder
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--- Comment #8 from Karl Eichwalder
<para>The <command>man</command> command now asks which man-page the user wants to see if man-pages with the same exist in different sections. The ^ name user is expected to type the section number to make this man-page visible. </para>
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Ben Kevan
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--- Comment #10 from Dr. Werner Fink
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