Bug#579696: man-db: Search does not find hyphenated words

2010-12-03 Thread Reuben Thomas
On 3 December 2010 17:56, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 12:24:34PM +, Reuben Thomas wrote: >> On 2 December 2010 23:59, Colin Watson wrote: >> > Just so that I know where to look, what sort of search are you referring >> > to?  apropos?  man -K?  A search in a pager? >> >> Sor

Bug#579696: man-db: Search does not find hyphenated words

2010-12-03 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Dec 03, 2010 at 12:24:34PM +, Reuben Thomas wrote: > On 2 December 2010 23:59, Colin Watson wrote: > > Just so that I know where to look, what sort of search are you referring > > to?  apropos?  man -K?  A search in a pager? > > Sorry, I meant a search in a pager (in my case, less, th

Bug#579696: man-db: Search does not find hyphenated words

2010-12-03 Thread Reuben Thomas
On 2 December 2010 23:59, Colin Watson wrote: > Just so that I know where to look, what sort of search are you referring > to?  apropos?  man -K?  A search in a pager? Sorry, I meant a search in a pager (in my case, less, though I doubt it matters which pager). However, you make me realise that

Bug#579696: man-db: Search does not find hyphenated words

2010-12-02 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:06:26PM +0100, Reuben Thomas wrote: > If I search for a word that happens to have been hyphenated, man doesn't find > it. > > (I nearly ended up filing a bug against a particular man page because > of this bug!) Just so that I know where to look, what sort of search ar

Bug#579696: man-db: Search does not find hyphenated words

2010-04-29 Thread Reuben Thomas
Package: man-db Version: 2.5.2-4 Severity: normal If I search for a word that happens to have been hyphenated, man doesn't find it. (I nearly ended up filing a bug against a particular man page because of this bug!) -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.4 APT prefers stable APT policy: