2 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9321b019..c504646c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ Major changes since man-db 2.7.0.2:
 	  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.
+
 man-db 2.7.0.2 (28 September 2014)
 ==================================
 
diff --git a/src/man.c b/src/man.c
index 730f118c..e4515468 100644
--- a/src/man.c
+++ b/src/man.c
@@ -1969,30 +1969,35 @@ static void locale_macros (void *data)
 static inline int do_prompt (const char *name)
 {
 	int ch;
+	FILE *tty = NULL;
 
 	skip = 0;
-	if (!isatty (STDOUT_FILENO) || !isatty (STDIN_FILENO))
+	tty = fopen ("/dev/tty", "r+");
+	if (!tty)
 		return 0;
 
-	fprintf (stderr, _( 
+	fprintf (tty, _( 
 		 "--Man-- next: %s "
 		 "[ view (return) | skip (Ctrl-D) | quit (Ctrl-C) ]\n"), 
 		 name);
-	fflush (stderr);
+	fflush (tty);
 
 	do {
-		ch = getchar ();
+		ch = getc (tty);
 		switch (ch) {
 			case '\n':
+				fclose (tty);
 				return 0;
 			case EOF:
 				skip = 1;
+				fclose (tty);
 				return 1;
 			default:
 				break;
 		}
 	} while (1);
 
+	fclose (tty);
 	return 0;
 }