GNU bug report logs - #5347
23.1; M-x man: misreports absent man(1) as absent manpage.

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Message #10 received at 5347-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: trentbuck <at> gmail.com, 5347-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5347: 23.1;
	M-x man: misreports absent man(1) as absent manpage.
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:02:24 +0200

> Date: Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:14:38 -0800 (PST)
> From: trentbuck <at> gmail.com
> Cc: 
> 
> On my system, man(1) is not present, but a manpage was.  M-x man RET
> pastebinint RET claimed that the manPAGE was missing, when actually
> man(1) is what was missing.  M-x woman RET pastebinint RET works.

"M-x man" works by invoking man(1), so it cannot work without one
installed.  "M-x woman" (WO == without) does not need man(1),
therefore it still works.

So this is expected.  If you don't have man(1) installed, you should
use WoMan to begin with.

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