[Bug 290911] man(1) does not support "-l" option, causing portability issues

[email protected] Sun, 09 Nov 2025 11:23:43 +0000

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=290911

--- Comment #1 from Johannes Altmanninger <[email protected]> ---
> if man -l "$file" >/dev/null 2>&1

FWIW that workaround also needs `MANPAGER=cat WHATISPAGER=cat` to work around
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=282414,
else the if-condition might spawn a man pager..

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