Re: [9fans] Very old bug in db(1)

2015-03-19 Thread lucio
I guess that the most effective way to cope with such old and small bugs, is to report them on 9fans (and other related mailing lists), possibly with a patch. Have checked the man pages for patch(1)? That's the formal procedure; this is a small community so raising your hopes is simply not

Re: [9fans] Very old bug in db(1)

2015-03-19 Thread cinap_lenrek
good catch, thanks :) -- cinap

Re: [9fans] Very old bug in db(1)

2015-03-19 Thread Giacomo Tesio
I could be wrong, but looks like nobody cares about such small fixes. A few days ago, I've found some very old small errors (one in the 2c(1) man page and one in col(1) that affects man pages' visualization in variable width fonts) but had no feedback. I guess that the most effective way to cope

Re: [9fans] Very old bug in db(1)

2015-03-19 Thread Giacomo Tesio
Oh, I completely missed patch(1). And actually it was just when one should look up for at first... man pages. Sorry. Thanks for the tip! It's a fragmented small community and that is just sad. It is not likely that things will get better in the foreseeable future, so pick your side :-) To

Re: [9fans] Very old bug in db(1)

2015-03-19 Thread lucio
It's very hard to find clear statements about the differences between the various plan9 flavours, or clear descriptions of the vision driving the development of each fork (at least I wasn't able to find them). I suspect a lot went on in IRC because I've been around this mailing list for