Re: [PATCH] Remove useless warning from man(1)

[Roland Illig <roland.illig%gmx.de@localhost>]

Am 09.11.2026 um 19:17 schrieb Thor Lancelot Simon:
> On Sat, Nov 07, 2026 at 10:45:57AM +0100, Olivier Duclos wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I propose to remove the message "man: Formatting manual page..." that we get
>> each time we call man.
> 
> It lets users who are, in fact, on slow systems know why they
> are waiting.

I don't like the warning as well, as the Midnight Commander shows it
whenever I view a manual page using its internal viewer. And, because it
ends up on stderr, I have to actively confirm the warning each time.

As a reality cross-check: How long does the slowest system available
take to render the largest manual page in the base installation? If
that's less than 5 seconds, I'd say the warning can be omitted.

Roland