GNU bug report logs - #68583
29.1; Can't find the cat manpage

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From: Christopher Yeleighton <giecrilj <at> stegny.2a.pl>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: manuel <at> ledu-giraud.fr, 68583 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#68583: 29.1; Can't find the cat manpage
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:46:57 +0000

If the code in man.el tried to find the manual page by itself, it would 
not fail because the manual page is there. It succeeds if MANOPT is not 
set and my MANOPT should not affect the manual page search algorithm.

On 19.01.2024 12:41, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> But that's not what happened.  man.el actually tries to find the man
> page by itself, and displays that message if it fails.
>

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