105 – man command does not work with zsh

Bug 105 - man command does not work with zsh

Summary: man command does not work with zsh

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High major (vote)
Assignee:	Daniel Robbins (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2002-01-09 17:39 UTC by Mark Bolusmjak
Modified:	2003-02-04 19:42 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Mark Bolusmjak 2002-01-09 17:39:29 UTC

To reproduce the bug:
1. Set a user's default shell to /bin/zsh.
2. Log in as that user.
3. Try to "man" a man page.

Comment 1 Mark Bolusmjak 2002-01-10 07:50:23 UTC

Sorry, my mistake.
It turns out zsh is not reading /etc/zprofile. Without proper 
environmental variables set man won't work.
"source /etc/zprofile" fixes the problem.