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authorXi Ruoyao <xry111@mengyan1223.wang>2021-07-25 22:56:45 +0800
committerXi Ruoyao <xry111@mengyan1223.wang>2021-07-25 22:56:45 +0800
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binutils: workaround empty man pages issue
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<screen><computeroutput>The system has no more ptys.
Ask your system administrator to create more.</computeroutput></screen>
+ <para>A glitch in the building system causes the shipped man pages to
+ be empty. Workaround the issue and remove the shipped man pages, so the
+ building system will regenerate man pages correctly:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '63d' etc/texi2pod.pl
+find -name \*.1 -delete</userinput></screen>
+
<para>Now remove one test that prevents the tests from running
to completion:</para>