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: Przemysław Kryger <pkryger <at> gmail.com>
To: eliz <at> gnu.org
Cc: 77944 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, michael.albinus <at> gmx.de, david <at> porkrind.org
Subject: bug#77944: 31.0.50; M-x man on macOS fails with error
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 09:20:53 +0100

> I could consider this if otherwise "M-x man" is completely broken on
> macOS. Is it?

It is. At least in my case.

> I don't understand why: installing GNU Sed should be easy, and you
> don't lose anything by doing that.

That should be relatively straight forward.  However, there's one slight
complication.  User needs to set `Man-sed-command before' before man has
been loaded.  Otherwise they need to call `(Man-init-defvars)' in order
to make the setting to be effective.  At least this is how I understood
it.

Cheers,
PK
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