Description of problem: I've recently upgraded my machines and now man is using 'more' my default. Seeing as man-db Requires: less, it should probably be the default pager anyways. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): man-db-2.6.3-1.fc19.x86_64
Same here after a fresh install of F18 Beta TC6.
man-db-2.6.3-1.fc18 has been unpushed from testing: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-16954/man-db-2.6.3-1.fc18
Of note: old man page for man itself (looking at a Fedora 15 test system) says: -P pager, --pager=pager Specify which output pager to use. By default, man uses less -s. This option overrides the $MANPAGER environment variable, [...] but the new man page says: -P pager, --pager=pager Specify which output pager to use. By default, man uses more -s. This option overrides the $MANPAGER environment variable, Were we patching this before, or is this an upstream change? (If it *is* an upstream change, should we fix it by patching it back, or by setting MANPAGER by default?)
Thanks guys for report. Matthew: This is not an upstream change, man man page is dynamically updated by the configure script. This should be fixed now in rawhide: man-db-2.6.3-2.fc19 http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=363283
man-db-2.6.3-2.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-16954/man-db-2.6.3-2.fc18
The configure output says it's using less at least (will try to test F18 later today).
*** Bug 871170 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Package man-db-2.6.3-2.fc18: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing man-db-2.6.3-2.fc18' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-16954/man-db-2.6.3-2.fc18 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
man-db-2.6.3-2.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/man-db-2.6.3-2.fc18
man-db-2.6.3-2.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.