GNU bug report logs - #77944
31.0.50; M-x man on macOS fails with error

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2025 16:29:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 31.0.50

Fixed in version 31.1

Done: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Gerd Möllmann <gerd.moellmann <at> gmail.com>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 77944 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#77944: 31.0.50; M-x man on macOS fails with error
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 18:41:25 +0200

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:

> I see. Does of the following work with BSD sed?
>
> # sed -e '/^[[:cntrl:]][[:cntrl:]]*$/d' /dev/null
> # sed -e '/^[\\o0001-\\o0032][\\o0001-\\o0032]*$/d' /dev/null

Neither prints an error in the shell.

I then

1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
lisp/man.el | 2 +-

modified   lisp/man.el
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ Man-init-defvars
 	       "")
              ;; Use octal numbers.  Otherwise, \032 (Ctrl-Z) would
              ;; suspend remote connections.
-	     "-e '/^[\\o001-\\o032][\\o001-\\o032]*$/d'"
+	     "-e '/^[[:cntrl:]][[:cntrl:]]*$/d'"
 	     "-e '/\e[789]/s///g'"
 	     "-e '/Reformatting page.  Wait/d'"
 	     "-e '/Reformatting entry.  Wait/d'"

built and M-x man in emacs -Q, and that works (with gsed uninstalled).
Didn't try the other one, but I could if you want me to.
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