Package: coreutils Version: 6.10-3 Severity: normal
'man printf' has nothing about '%' syntax, but refers to: info coreutils 'printf invocation' ...which also has nothing about '%', and no links to that info. What users need is either or both of these: info printf man 3 printf I'd send a patch, but I don't know how to work with 'help2man' data: % zcat /usr/share/man/man1/printf.1.gz | head -n 1 .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.35. Hope this helps... See also: #176966 coreutils: printf(1) manpage less complete than printf(3) http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=176966 -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages coreutils depends on: ii libacl1 2.2.45-1 Access control list shared library ii libc6 2.7-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libselinux1 2.0.35-1 SELinux shared libraries coreutils recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]