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Re: RFC: Recent macos lacks nroff and man needs a full path

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From: Jun T <takimoto-j@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: RFC: Recent macos lacks nroff and man needs a full path
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2025 16:44:20 +0900
Archived-at: <https://zsh.org/workers/53350>
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> 2025/02/03 7:45, Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Is $ENV{'PWD'} reliable enough here?
(snip)
> +$args = "$ENV{'PWD'}/$manfile >$mantmp";

I think so, but the following also works

$args = "./$manfile >$mantmp";

since a relative path is also accepted.

I think your patch is necessary also on Linux, since
'man zshbuiltin.1' is, on Linux, equivalent to
'man 1 zshbuiltin' and displays the installed man page.

References:
- RFC: Recent macos lacks nroff and man needs a full path
  - From: Bart Schaefer

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