Package: libc-bin Version: 2.29-2 Severity: normal File: /usr/bin/getconf Tags: patch
To reproduce, and actual output: mariner:~> man -k sysconf sysconf (3) - get configuration information at run time mariner:~> Expected output: mariner:~> man -k sysconf sysconf (3) - get configuration information at run time getconf (1) - Query system configuration variables (sysconf) mariner:~> This could be fixed by changing the manpage title; patch attached. I chose not to mention pathconf since someone looking for a tool to do pathconf would probably think to ask about sysconf. But if "system configuration variables" could be abbreviated or left out, "patchconf" could be mentioned too. -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.11 APT prefers oldoldstable APT policy: (500, 'oldoldstable') Architecture: i386 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: amd64 Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-7-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init) Versions of packages libc-bin depends on: ii libc6 2.19-18+deb8u10 libc-bin recommends no packages. libc-bin suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
>From 90d97e44554a3f1a8b3d5739598337da480c7e37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 15:15:30 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] getconf(1): Mention `sysconf', mostly for the benefit of search This makes this handy utility considerably more discoverable. Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <ian.jack...@eu.citrix.com> --- debian/local/manpages/getconf.1 | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/local/manpages/getconf.1 b/debian/local/manpages/getconf.1 index 3184efe..2f57392 100644 --- a/debian/local/manpages/getconf.1 +++ b/debian/local/manpages/getconf.1 @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ .\} .rm #[ #] #H #V #F C .SH "NAME" -getconf \- Query system configuration variables +getconf \- Query system configuration variables (sysconf) .SH "SYNOPSIS" \fBgetconf\fR \-a .P @@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ the Debian GNU/Linux system. .rn }` '' .IX Title "GETCONF 1" -.IX Name "getconf - Query system configuration variables" +.IX Name "getconf - Query system configuration variables (sysconf)" .IX Header "NAME" -- 2.11.0
