GNU bug report logs - #16722
[(old?) cygwin] `M-x man' completion doesn't handle broken `man -k' gracefully

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 16722 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, wjenkner <at> inode.at
Subject: bug#16722: 24.3.50; `M-x man' does not handle case appropriately
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2020 13:36:47 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> I can only test the ezwinports case: the code proposed by Noam will
> cause that 'man' to return a non-zero exit status, so it sounds like
> an okay solution for ezwinports.
>
> The use case with uninstalled whatis database you could probably test
> on your system, by moving the database aside or renaming it?

I tried this on Debian bullseye, and "man -k" indeed had a non-zero
return code.

So I'll just apply Noam's patch and close the bug report.

Thanks for checking the ezwinports case.

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