Unable to read manpages (even after installing groff)

[David Wolfskill]

On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 03:07:46PM +0000, Pete French wrote:
> Updated to stable yesterday, now when I trype (for example) 'man man'
> I get this:
> 
> 	This manpage needs groff(1) to be rendered
> 	First install groff(1): 
> 	pkg install groff 
> 
> Surprised, as I expect manpages to be readable on a default
> nstall, but more sirprised when I followed the istructions
> and isnatlled groff, and I still get the message!
> 
> Did manpages break somehow ?
> ....

Fixed by r278693; ref.
<http://docs.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?201502131845.t1DIjjHv025508>.

A workaround for this specific isue is:

# sed -i "" -e 's/groff2/groff/' /usr/bin/man

Peace,
david
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