[tor-bugs] #18660 [Stem]: OSX's man command lacks '--encoding' argument (was: test_parsing_with_example, test_parsing_with_unknown_options, test_saving_manual failures on OSX)

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#18660: OSX's man command lacks '--encoding' argument
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 Reporter:  Sebastian  |          Owner:  atagar
     Type:  defect     |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Low        |      Milestone:
Component:  Stem       |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal     |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  utils      |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:             |         Points:
 Reviewer:             |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by atagar):

 * priority:  Medium => Low
 * keywords:   => utils
 * status:  reopened => new


Old description:

> OSX's man does not support --encoding, so an attempt to call it fails in
> the above tests.

New description:

 On OSX the 'man' command lacks an '--encoding' argument which we use to
 normalize some of the results. As a result stem.manual.from_man and
 stem.manual.from_remote don't have all the fields available on other
 platforms.

 For now a
 [https://gitweb.torproject.org/stem.git/commit/?id=3519790cb186f1442883c928434819c6637e22d9
 couple unit tests are disabled on OSX] due to this.

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