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diff --git a/usr.bin/man/man.sh b/usr.bin/man/man.sh
--- a/usr.bin/man/man.sh
+++ b/usr.bin/man/man.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@
# it is better to terminate it.
ulimit -t 20
-# do not ignore the exit status of roff tools
+# Do not ignore the exit codes of roff tools, as they may indicate a
+# problem with the page being rendered. Note that this also causes a
+# nonzero exit when the user quits reading before reaching the end, so
+# we need to look out for and deal with that specific case.
set -o pipefail
# Usage: add_to_manpath path
@@ -1061,6 +1064,16 @@
man_find_and_display "$page"
done
+ # The user will very commonly quit reading the page before
+ # reaching the bottom. Depending on the length of the page
+ # and the pager's buffer size, this may result in a SIGPIPE.
+ # This is normal, so convert that exit code to zero.
+ if [ ${ret:-0} -gt 128 ]; then
+ if [ "$(kill -l "${ret}")" = "PIPE" ]; then
+ ret=0
+ fi
+ fi
+
exit ${ret:-0}
}
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