[csw-maintainers] [gfile 0004578]: man page not formatted correctly

[Maciej (Matchek) Blizinski]

Hey maintainers,

Here's a bug that was recently filed against gfile:

No dia 19 de Outubro de 2010 02:37, Mantis Bug Tracker
<noreply at opencsw.org> escreveu:
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> The following issue has been SUBMITTED.
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> https://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=4578
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> Project:                    gfile
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> Summary:                    man page not formatted correctly
> Description:
> man gfile
> shows a scrambled man page
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In this case, "scrambled" means lost formatting: the whole manpage is
a monolithic, rectangular block of text.  Here's an example:

http://paste.pocoo.org/show/277304/

Is it a known problem with man pages?  Are there any solutions or workarounds?