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Re: man, info fail me in cygwin 1.5.18. Thanks, it works


Eric Blake wrote:

Hello,
   I upgraded cygwin to 1.5.18(0.132/4/2) 2005-07-02 20:30 i686.
If I type 'man man' I get

Error executing formatting or display command.
System command (cd "/usr/share/man" && (echo ".ll 7.2i"; echo ".nr LL 7.2i"; echo ".pl 1100i"; /usr/bin/cat '/usr/share/man/man1/man.1'; echo ".\\\""; echo ".pl \n(nlu+10") | /usr/bin/tbl | /usr/bin/nroff -c -mandoc 2>/dev/null | /usr/bin/less -isrR) exited with status 127.
No manual entry for man



Something in your installation failed, and you no longer have a working /bin/sh (did it ask you to reboot, because in-use files were replaced?) At any rate, the solution is to rerun setup.exe, and select bash for reinstallation, or to manually run /etc/postinstall/00bash.sh.done.



Not Found: sh



-- Eric Blake volunteer cygwin bash maintainer




- Executing /etc/postinstall/00bash.sh.done worked wonders.
- "in-use files": Cygwin was closed when I reinstalled and it never asked for a reboot.
- "the solution is to rerun setup.exe".Oddly, when I did that (or do it now) I only get Misc
under the main header All, the rest has disappeared.


   Thanks a lot for the prompt help,
       Rolf


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