Bug 245934 - nroff improvements
Summary: nroff improvements
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: groff
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Marcela Mašláňová
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2007-06-27 14:24 UTC by Miroslav Lichvar
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:12 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2007-07-03 14:58:14 UTC
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suggested patch (1.86 KB, patch)
2007-06-27 14:24 UTC, Miroslav Lichvar
no flags Details | Diff

Description Miroslav Lichvar 2007-06-27 14:24:29 UTC
Description of problem:
nroff fails when /tmp is read-only. I often need to read some man pages while
rescuing a system with read-only root filesystem :). A buffer in bash can used
instead of the temp file if /tmp is read-only.

Also, in most cases when both input and output charsets are utf-8 it's
unnecessary to invoke iconv, and a process can be saved for groff.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
groff-1.18.1.4-2

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. remount ro / 
2. man man
  
Actual results:
man fails

Expected results:
man works ok

Comment 1 Miroslav Lichvar 2007-06-27 14:24:29 UTC
Created attachment 158017 [details]
suggested patch

Comment 2 Marcela Mašláňová 2007-07-03 14:58:14 UTC
Thanks for patch


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