Example in mansectf(1) does not work in Debian unstable

Example in mansectf(1) does not work in Debian unstable

[Helge Kreutzmann]

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Hello Alex,
while translating the man page, I noticed that the example does not
work in Debian unstable:

root@twentytwo:/# man -w strtol strtoul | xargs mansectf "NAME|SEE ALSO" | cat
Binary file (standard input) matches

(The first part works:
root@twentytwo:/# man -w strtol strtoul
/usr/share/man/man3/strtol.3.gz
/usr/share/man/man3/strtoul.3.gz
)

I put the Debian maintainer in CC, in case this is a Debian (only)
bug, I could file a bug report there as well.

Greetings

         Helge
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Re: Example in mansectf(1) does not work in Debian unstable

[Alejandro Colomar]

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Hi Helge,

On 2026-04-19T05:15:12+0000, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> Hello Alex,
> while translating the man page, I noticed that the example does not
> work in Debian unstable:
> 
> root@twentytwo:/# man -w strtol strtoul | xargs mansectf "NAME|SEE ALSO" | cat
> Binary file (standard input) matches
> 
> (The first part works:
> root@twentytwo:/# man -w strtol strtoul
> /usr/share/man/man3/strtol.3.gz
> /usr/share/man/man3/strtoul.3.gz
> )

This is because Debian still compresses its pages, which is something
I urge everyone to reconsider in this decade.

We had this discussion a few months ago, and Colin hasn't said anything
yet: <https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/aU1D0aL00gy1V-NX@devuan/>
I'll ping in that thread.


Have a lovely day!
Alex

> 
> I put the Debian maintainer in CC, in case this is a Debian (only)
> bug, I could file a bug report there as well.
> 
> Greetings
> 
>          Helge
> -- 
>       Dr. Helge Kreutzmann                     debian@helgefjell.de
>            Dipl.-Phys.                   http://www.helgefjell.de/debian.php
>         64bit GNU powered                     gpg signed mail preferred
>            Help keep free software "libre": http://www.ffii.de/



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