(Man-getpage-in-background): Bind inhibit-eol-conversion

to t before calling start-process or call-process.

lisp/man.el

@@ -583,6 +583,7 @@ If a buffer already exists for this man page, it will display immediately."
 	(setq Man-original-frame (selected-frame))
 	(setq Man-arguments man-args))
       (let ((process-environment (copy-sequence process-environment))
+	    (inhibit-eol-conversion t)	; so Awk script gets \n intact
 	    ;; Avoid possible error by using a directory that always exists.
 	    (default-directory "/"))
 	;; Prevent any attempt to use display terminal fanciness.