__fish_apropos: assume only /usr/bin/apropos is broken

Also, remove a macOS version check that's doom to obsolescence,
and extract a function (WIP).

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+fish ?.?.? (released ???)
+=========================
+
 fish 4.2.1 (released November 13, 2025)
 =======================================
 

Cargo.lock

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ checksum = "52051878f80a721bb68ebfbc930e07b65ba72f2da88968ea5c06fd6ca3d3a127"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fish"
-version = "4.2.1"
+version = "4.2.1-snapshot"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "cc",

Cargo.toml

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ debug = true
 
 [package]
 name = "fish"
-version = "4.2.1"
+version = "4.2.1-snapshot"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 default-run = "fish"

po/de.po

@@ -2328,6 +2328,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "funced: The value for $EDITOR '$editor' could not be used because the command '$editor[1]' could not be found"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "funced: The value for $VISUAL '$editor' could not be used because the command '$editor[1]' could not be found"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "help: %s is not a valid command: %s\\n"
 msgstr ""
 

po/en.po

@@ -2326,6 +2326,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "funced: The value for $EDITOR '$editor' could not be used because the command '$editor[1]' could not be found"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "funced: The value for $VISUAL '$editor' could not be used because the command '$editor[1]' could not be found"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "help: %s is not a valid command: %s\\n"
 msgstr ""
 

po/fr.po

@@ -2457,6 +2457,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "funced: The value for $EDITOR '$editor' could not be used because the command '$editor[1]' could not be found"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "funced: The value for $VISUAL '$editor' could not be used because the command '$editor[1]' could not be found"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "help: %s is not a valid command: %s\\n"
 msgstr ""
 

po/pl.po

@@ -2322,6 +2322,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "funced: The value for $EDITOR '$editor' could not be used because the command '$editor[1]' could not be found"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "funced: The value for $VISUAL '$editor' could not be used because the command '$editor[1]' could not be found"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "help: %s is not a valid command: %s\\n"
 msgstr ""
 

po/pt_BR.po

@@ -2327,6 +2327,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "funced: The value for $EDITOR '$editor' could not be used because the command '$editor[1]' could not be found"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "funced: The value for $VISUAL '$editor' could not be used because the command '$editor[1]' could not be found"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "help: %s is not a valid command: %s\\n"
 msgstr ""
 

po/sv.po

@@ -2323,6 +2323,9 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "funced: The value for $EDITOR '$editor' could not be used because the command '$editor[1]' could not be found"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "funced: The value for $VISUAL '$editor' could not be used because the command '$editor[1]' could not be found"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "help: %s is not a valid command: %s\\n"
 msgstr ""
 

po/zh_CN.po

@@ -2355,6 +2355,9 @@ msgstr "foo=bar 变量覆盖"
 msgid "funced: The value for $EDITOR '$editor' could not be used because the command '$editor[1]' could not be found"
 msgstr "funced: 无法使用 $EDITOR '$editor' 的值，因为找不到命令 '$editor[1]'"
 
+msgid "funced: The value for $VISUAL '$editor' could not be used because the command '$editor[1]' could not be found"
+msgstr "funced: 无法使用 $VISUAL '$editor' 的值，因为找不到命令 '$editor[1]'"
+
 msgid "help: %s is not a valid command: %s\\n"
 msgstr "help: %s 不是有效的命令：%s\\n"
 

po/zh_TW.po

@@ -2330,6 +2330,9 @@ msgstr "foo=bar 變數覆寫"
 msgid "funced: The value for $EDITOR '$editor' could not be used because the command '$editor[1]' could not be found"
 msgstr "funced：$EDITOR 的值「$editor」無法使用，找不到命令「$editor[1]」"
 
+msgid "funced: The value for $VISUAL '$editor' could not be used because the command '$editor[1]' could not be found"
+msgstr "funced：$VISUAL 的值「$editor」無法使用，找不到命令「$editor[1]」"
+
 msgid "help: %s is not a valid command: %s\\n"
 msgstr "help：%s 不是有效的命令：%s\\n"
 

share/completions/man.fish

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ complete -c man -n 'string match -q -- "*/*" (commandline -t | string collect)'
 if command -q man
     # We have a conditionally-defined man function,
     # so we need to check for existence here.
-    if echo | MANPAGER=cat command man -l - &>/dev/null
+    if echo | __fish_without_manpager command man -l - &>/dev/null
         complete -c man -s l -l local-file -d "Local file" -r
     end
 end

share/functions/__fish_apropos.fish

@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ if not type -q apropos
     exit
 end
 
-# Check for macOS Catalina or above.
 if test (__fish_uname) = Darwin
-    and test (string match -r "^\d+" "$(uname -r)") -ge 19
     and test -x /usr/libexec/makewhatis
 
     set -l dir
@@ -18,6 +16,11 @@ if test (__fish_uname) = Darwin
     end
 
     function __fish_apropos -V dir
+        if test "$(command -v apropos)" != /usr/bin/apropos
+            __fish_without_manpager apropos "$argv"
+            return
+        end
+
         # macOS 10.15 "Catalina" has a read only filesystem where the whatis database should be.
         # The whatis database is non-existent, so apropos tries (and fails) to create it every time,
         # which can take seconds.
@@ -34,17 +37,19 @@ if test (__fish_uname) = Darwin
             set age (path mtime -R -- $whatis)
         end
 
-        MANPATH="$dir" MANPAGER=cat WHATISPAGER=cat apropos "$argv"
+        MANPATH="$dir" __fish_without_manpager apropos "$argv"
 
         if test $age -ge $max_age
             test -d "$dir" || mkdir -m 700 -p $dir
-            /bin/sh -c '( "$@" ) >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null &' -- /usr/libexec/makewhatis -o "$whatis" (/usr/bin/manpath | string split : | xargs realpath)
+            /bin/sh -c '( "$@" ) >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null &' -- \
+                /usr/libexec/makewhatis -o "$whatis" \
+                (/usr/bin/manpath | string split : | xargs realpath)
         end
     end
 else
     function __fish_apropos
         # we only ever prefix match for completions. This also ensures results for bare apropos <TAB>
         # (apropos '' gives no results, but apropos '^' lists all manpages)
-        MANPAGER=cat WHATISPAGER=cat apropos "$argv"
+        __fish_without_manpager apropos "$argv"
     end
 end

share/functions/__fish_print_help.fish

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function __fish_print_help --description "Print help for the specified fish func
         end
         set -l args -l (path filter -- $man1/$item.1 $man1/$item.1.gz)[1]
         # Work around macOS/FreeBSD man not supporting -l yet (only mandoc really needs it).
-        if not MANPAGER=cat WHATISPAGER=cat command man -l $args[2] &>/dev/null
+        if not __fish_without_manpager command man -l $args[2] &>/dev/null
             set -e args[1]
         end
         command man $args

share/functions/__fish_print_port_packages.fish

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ function __fish_print_port_packages
 
     __fish_cached -t 250 -k port '
     	printf "all\ncurrent\nactive\ninactive\ninstalled\nuninstalled\noutdated\n"
-    	port echo all | awk \'{$1=$1};1\'
-    '
+    	port echo all | awk \'{$1=$1};1\''
     return 0
 end

share/functions/__fish_without_manpager.fish

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+function __fish_without_manpager
+    MANPAGER=cat WHATISPAGER=cat if test "$argv[1]" = command
+        command $argv[2..]
+    else
+        $argv
+    end
+end

share/functions/fish_config.fish

@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ function __fish_config_matching
         if not set -q argv[1]
             set -a paths (status list-files $prefix)
         else
-            set -a paths (status list-files $prefix | grep -Fx -e"$prefix/"$argv$suffix)
+            set -a paths (status list-files "$prefix/"$argv$suffix)
         end
     end
     string join \n $paths

share/functions/funced.fish

@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ function funced --description 'Edit function definition'
     end
 
     if not type -q -f "$editor[1]"
-        echo (_ "funced: The value for \$EDITOR '$editor' could not be used because the command '$editor[1]' could not be found") >&2
+        if set -q VISUAL
+            echo (_ "funced: The value for \$VISUAL '$editor' could not be used because the command '$editor[1]' could not be found") >&2
+        else
+            echo (_ "funced: The value for \$EDITOR '$editor' could not be used because the command '$editor[1]' could not be found") >&2
+        end
         set editor fish
     end