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authorColin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>2022-12-31 23:01:03 +0000
committerColin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>2022-12-31 23:01:04 +0000
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Fix segfault when nroff is not installed
* src/man.c (try_section): Only free the `names` list if it is non-NULL due to `NROFF_MISSING` being defined, and return early if options are set such that cat files cannot be used either. * NEWS.md: Document this.
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@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ man-db 2.11.2
Fixes:
* Fix compile and test failures when `troff` is not `groff`.
+ * Fix segfault in typical uses of `man` when `nroff` is not installed.
man-db 2.11.1 (15 November 2022)
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