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2.7.3 release from the main series released

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Fixes:
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o Tools that consider the terminal line length now try the
  TIOCGWINSZ ioctl on /dev/tty as well as standard input/output.

o mandb does a better job of coping with index files having
  incorrect ownership.

o Squeeze blank lines internally rather than relying on the pager
  supporting the -s option.

o Fix use-after-free in ult_src.

o Fix crash when running from a missing and unreadable current
  directory, such as an orphaned subdirectory of /proc.

o Restore the ability to use 'man -a' noninteractively.

File Description Downloads
download icon man-db-2.7.3.tar.xz (md5, sig) man-db 2.7.3 13
last downloaded 5 days ago
Total downloads: 13

2.7.2 release from the main series released

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Fixes:
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o 'man -k' and 'man -f' now pass any provided -l option through to
  the underlying apropos/whatis programs.

o apropos and whatis no longer truncate names if long output was
  requested.

o The database handle is no longer stored in a global variable,
  fixing a class of possible double-close bugs.

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download icon man-db-2.7.2.tar.xz (md5, sig) man-db 2.7.2 13
last downloaded 50 weeks ago
Total downloads: 13

2.7.1 release from the main series released

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Fixes:
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o Various portability fixes for Solaris, contributed by Peter Bray.

o man now runs correctly when its current working directory has been
  deleted. (As a result of this fix, man-db now requires
  libpipeline >= 1.4.0.)

o 'man -a' sends its prompts to /dev/tty rather than to stderr, and
  likewise reads replies from /dev/tty rather than from stdin.

File Description Downloads
download icon man-db-2.7.1.tar.xz (md5, sig) man-db 2.7.1 11
last downloaded 30 weeks ago
Total downloads: 11

2.7.0.2 release from the main series released

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Fixes:
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o Be more careful to avoid using or double-closing closed database
  handles. Fixes test suite failures on some systems.

o Patch the fdutimens function imported from Gnulib to work around a
  libc bug in GNU/Hurd.

File Description Downloads
download icon man-db-2.7.0.2.tar.xz (md5, sig) man-db 2.7.0.2 11
last downloaded 48 weeks ago
Total downloads: 11

2.7.0.1 release from the main series released

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Fixes:
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o Fix test suite in the case where the system supports
  high-precision timestamps but the file system containing the build
  directory does not.

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download icon man-db-2.7.0.1.tar.xz (md5, sig) man-db 2.7.0.1 10
last downloaded 47 weeks ago
Total downloads: 10

2.7.0 release from the main series released

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Upgrading from previous versions:
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For the first time since version 2.4.0, the database format has
changed slightly, so you will need to run 'mandb --create' after
installing the new version to rebuild your databases from scratch.
(Distribution packages should do this automatically for system
databases.)

Fixes:
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o lexgrog now filters terminal escape sequences out of cat pages
  before trying to parse them.

o Tools that consider the terminal line length now prioritise the
  COLUMNS environment variable above the TIOCGWINSZ ioctl.

o Manpath elements are no longer canonicalised before being inserted
  into the search path; this caused the use of incorrect catpaths in
  some cases. This was broken by the LANGUAGE-handling fixes in
  2.5.4.

Impro...

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last downloaded 48 weeks ago
Total downloads: 9

2.6.7.1 release from the main series released

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Fixes:
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o Remove test suite dependency on realpath(1).

File Description Downloads
download icon man-db-2.6.7.1.tar.xz (md5, sig) man-db 2.6.7.1 11
last downloaded 3 weeks ago
Total downloads: 11

2.6.7 release from the main series released

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Fixes:
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o Fix a test failure when configured with --enable-undoc.

o Run the pager in man's original working directory rather than in
  the manual hierarchy. (As a result of this fix, man-db now
  requires libpipeline >= 1.3.0.)

o mandb only creates a cache directory tag if the catpath is
  different from the manpath, since it should only be created in
  directories that consist entirely of cached information.

File Description Downloads
download icon man-db-2.6.7.tar.xz (md5, sig) man-db 2.6.7 10
last downloaded 47 weeks ago
Total downloads: 10

2.6.6 release from the main series released

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Release notes:

man-db is now revision-controlled using git (http://git-scm.com/).
See docs/HACKING for the location of the repository.

Fixes:
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o apropos's --and option now works again; it was broken by the
  optimisations in 2.6.2.

o Restore compatibility with Automake 1.10.

o Improve support for translation of common elements of help
  messages.

o Don't issue error messages when the database refers to a page that
  no longer exists.

o Pass macro and hyphenation language tags to groff again (broken in
  2.6.5).

Improvements:
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o ./configure --with-override-dir=OVERRIDE arranges to look for
  manual pages in DIR/OVERRIDE before each path element DIR.

File Description Downloads
download icon man-db-2.6.6.tar.xz (md5, sig) man-db 2.6.6 8
last downloaded 47 weeks ago
Total downloads: 8

2.6.5 release from the main series released

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Fixes:
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o man's --warnings option works again on systems with versions of
  groff that support it (broken in 2.6.4).

o man automatically falls back to C.UTF-8 and then en_GB.UTF-8 if
  trying to find a UTF-8 locale on a system without
  /usr/share/i18n/SUPPORTED.

File Description Downloads
download icon man-db-2.6.5.tar.xz (md5, sig) man-db 2.6.5 39
last downloaded 48 weeks ago
Total downloads: 39

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