diff -upk.orig man-1.5m2.orig/src/man.c man-1.5m2/src/man.c

--- man-1.5m2.orig/src/man.c	2005-06-02 23:41:17 +0400

+++ man-1.5m2/src/man.c	2005-06-02 23:50:33 +0400

@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ int nocache;

 static int is_japanese;

 static char *language;

 static char **section_list;

+static char *converter;

 #ifdef DO_COMPRESS

 int do_compress = 1;

@@ -512,6 +513,11 @@ done:

      if (tbl_found && !do_troff && *getval("COL"))

 	  add_directive ("COL", "", buf, buflen);

+     if (converter && *converter && strlen(converter) + strlen(buf) + 3 < buflen) {

+	       strcat (buf, " | ");

+	       strcat (buf, converter);

+     }

+

      return 0;

 }

@@ -629,7 +635,6 @@ make_roff_command (const char *path, con

      char *cp, *fgr, *pl;

      char *command = "";

      const char *expander;

-     const char *converter;

      /* if window size differs much from 80, try to adapt */

      /* (but write only standard formatted files to the cat directory,

@@ -640,6 +645,7 @@ make_roff_command (const char *path, con

 	  gripe (NO_CAT_FOR_NONSTD_LL);

      expander = get_expander (file);

+     free (converter);

      converter = make_iconv_cmd (path);

      /* head */

@@ -681,10 +687,6 @@ make_roff_command (const char *path, con

      }

      if (expander && *expander) {

-	  if (converter && *converter)

-	     command = my_xsprintf("%s%s '%S' | %s%s",

-				   bufh, expander, file, converter, buft);

-	  else

 	     command = my_xsprintf("%s%s '%S'%s",

 				   bufh, expander, file, buft);

      } else if (ll || pl) {

@@ -692,10 +694,6 @@ make_roff_command (const char *path, con

 	  if (!cat || !*cat)

 		  cat = "cat";

-	  if (converter && *converter)

-	      command = my_xsprintf("%s%s '%S' | %s%s",

-				    bufh, cat, file, converter, buft);

-	  else

 	      command = my_xsprintf("%s%s '%S'%s",

 				    bufh, cat, file, buft);

      }