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authorGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2002-12-31 22:05:09 +0000
committerGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2002-12-31 22:05:09 +0000
commit316af24d0481c2119838c1408eaba33ad32beb42 (patch)
treec71165ac817fc14b59716a19e4f1641e07a0f164 /chapter06/man-exp.xml
parent7bee0a2699418a5eb5d07373c95c8cca6ca25432 (diff)
updated man patch so it'll format man pages on screens with more than 80 columns
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2253 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter06/man-exp.xml b/chapter06/man-exp.xml
index b5e88a17a..b858cb824 100644
--- a/chapter06/man-exp.xml
+++ b/chapter06/man-exp.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ This patch comments out one of the files in the <filename>man.conf</filename>
file (MANPATH /usr/man) because it will create redundant results when using
programs like <userinput>whatis</userinput>. It also adds the
<emphasis>-R</emphasis> option to the <emphasis>PAGER</emphasis> variable so
-man pages are displayed properly.</para>
+man pages are displayed properly. Lastly, the patch fixes the problem where
+man pages are not formatted with more than 80 columns when used with the
+recent groff versions.</para>
</sect2>