>Number:         4101
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       path buffer in "man" much too small
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Sep  9 16:20:01 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Matthias Scheler
>Organization:
Mario Kemper Maintenance Project
>Release:        970905
>Environment:
System: NetBSD lyssa 1.2G NetBSD 1.2G (LYSSA) #1: Sun Sep 7 15:04:37 MEST 1997 tron@lyssa:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/LYSSA i386

>Description:
"man" uses a much to small buffer for the filename of manual page so that
manual pages which long names will not be found.

>How-To-Repeat:
Put this line in "/etc/man.conf"...

_default        /usr/{share,X11R6,X11,local,local/elm,local/pbm,local/teTeX,local/emul/linux/usr,local/emul/linux/usr/X11R6}/{man,man/old}/

... and try this:

man select

>Fix:
*** src/usr.bin/man/man.c.orig	Sat Oct 14 04:17:52 1995
--- src/usr.bin/man/man.c	Wed Sep 10 01:01:59 1997
*************** manual(page, tag, pg)
*** 371,377 ****
  	ENTRY *ep, *e_sufp, *e_tag;
  	TAG *missp, *sufp;
  	int anyfound, cnt, found;
! 	char *p, buf[128];
  
  	anyfound = 0;
  	buf[0] = '*';
--- 371,377 ----
  	ENTRY *ep, *e_sufp, *e_tag;
  	TAG *missp, *sufp;
  	int anyfound, cnt, found;
! 	char *p, buf[MAXPATHLEN];
  
  	anyfound = 0;
  	buf[0] = '*';

>Audit-Trail:
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