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<code>Bug#8390</code>; Package <code>bash</code>.


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Subject: bash: man man hangs

Package: bash
Version: 2.0-3

Doing this causes man to hang:

set -a; set +a
man man

Please fix this ASAP.

-- System Information
Debian Release: 1.2
Kernel Version: Linux greathan 2.0.29 #1 Sat Mar 29 12:36:09 EST 1997 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages bash depends on:
libc5	Version: 5.4.23-2
ldso	Version: 1.8.10-2 (Provides Virtual Package libdl1)
libreadline2	Version: 2.1-2
Config-Version: 2.1-1
ncurses3.0	Version: 1.9.9e-1



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<code>Bug#8390</code>; Package <code>bash</code>.


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From: Matthew Swift <swift@bu.edu>


IMHO Debian 1.3 will not be stable with this bug present.  

Users with set -a and PAGER= anything but cat in their bash startups
won't be able to read man pages from bash prompts.