man does not respect COLUMNS variable
Bug #1315282 reported by
Hans Ginzel
This bug affects 1 person
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
man-db (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Colin Watson |
Bug Description
The man program, even perldoc, does not respect the COLUMNS variable:
$ echo $COLUMNS
191
$ COLUMNS=80 man resolv.conf
The man page is formatted to the full width.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: man-db 2.6.7.1-1
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri May 2 10:03:16 2014
SourcePackage: man-db
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-02-09 (81 days ago)
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Fixed upstream, thanks:
http:// git.savannah. gnu.org/ cgit/man- db.git/ commit/ ?id=34246484a8f 4536c2ce40b9baf 882fd17e51fed8