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midnight-commander: Fix man
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mc calls `man -l` to display man page files, which is not correct on OS X, so patch out the `-l` to make it work.
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ def install | |||
"--with-screen=slang", | |||
"--enable-vfs-sftp" | |||
system "make", "install" | |||
inreplace libexec/"mc/ext.d/text.sh", "man -P cat -l ", "man -P cat " |
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Can you please submit this patch to the upstream developers of this project and add a link to the upstream patch submission and explanation of why the patch is needed in a comment in the formula file. Thanks!
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Ping on this.
The upstream bug tracker is rejecting my ticket submissions as spam. Meanwhile, I found a patch for the same issue in FreeBSD: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/misc/mc/files/patch-misc__ext.d__text.sh.in?view=markup&pathrev=382039 |
Ah, my ticket made it: http://www.midnight-commander.org/ticket/3509 |
@petere Good news. Can you please add a link to the upstream patch submission and explanation of why the patch is needed in a comment in the formula file. Thanks! |
@BrewTestBot test this please |
Added the URL in manually after merge. Merged in 49dca04, Thanks! |
mc calls `man -l` to display man page files, which is not correct on OS X, so patch out the `-l` to make it work. Closes Homebrew#42176. Signed-off-by: Dominyk Tiller <dominyktiller@gmail.com>
mc calls
man -l
to display man page files, which is not correct on OS X, so patch out the-l
to make it work.