Your message dated Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:47:49 +0100
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and subject line Re: coreutils: expr manpage refers to info expr instead of
info coreutils expr
has caused the Debian Bug report #493182,
regarding coreutils: expr manpage refers to info expr instead of info coreutils
expr
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Package: coreutils
Version: 6.10-6
Severity: important
The manpage expr(1) directs the reader to use "info expr", whereas
this should actually be "info coreutils expr". In fact, this bug
appears to be present in every single manpage in the coreutils
package, in spite of the help2man script in coreutils-6.10/man
supposedly creating correct manpages. This is presumably because the
manpages (.1) are timestamped later than the help2man input files (.x)
so are not being regenerated.
Julian
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> The manpage expr(1) directs the reader to use "info expr", whereas
> this should actually be "info coreutils expr".
This is wrong. According to the info documentation:
Info documents which describe programs should index the commands,
options, and key sequences that the program provides.
So the man pages are right. I am closing this report accordingly.
> In fact, this bug
> appears to be present in every single manpage in the coreutils
> package, in spite of the help2man script in coreutils-6.10/man
> supposedly creating correct manpages.
Please, see 411722. This is another bug.
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