1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/man.c b/miscutils/man.c
index 020310677..9ef1ef4a6 100644
--- a/miscutils/man.c
+++ b/miscutils/man.c
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ static int run_pipe(const char *unpacker, const char *pager, char *man_filename)
                 return 1;
         }
 
-        cmd = xasprintf("%s '%s' | gtbl | nroff -Tlatin1 -mandoc | %s",
+        /* "2>&1" added so that nroff errors are shown in pager too.
+         * Otherwise it may show just empty screen */
+        cmd = xasprintf("%s '%s' | gtbl | nroff -Tlatin1 -mandoc 2>&1 | %s",
                         unpacker, man_filename, pager);
         system(cmd);
         free(cmd);
@@ -123,6 +125,11 @@ int man_main(int argc ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, char **argv)
                 fclose(cf);
         }
 
+// TODO: my man3/getpwuid.3.gz contains just one line:
+// .so man3/getpwnam.3
+// (and I _dont_ have man3/getpwnam.3, I have man3/getpwnam.3.gz)
+// need to support this...
+
         not_found = 0;
         do { /* for each argv[] */
                 int found = 0;