Package: man-db Version: 2.5.6-5 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hello!
On Mon Jul 13 13:40:17 BST 2009, upstream implemented a subpage lookup, that is, the ability to display pages such git-add(1) when called “man git add”. This is very useful for software suites composed of commands with several sub-commands, such as git. However, some software suites use a different syntax for their man pages, for instance lh_binary(1). Here is a patch to look for underscore-separated subpages, in addition to dash-separated ones. Regards, -- Tanguy Ortolo -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.4 APT prefers stable APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (60, 'testing'), (50, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages man-db depends on: ii bsdmainutils 6.1.10 collection of more utilities from ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy ii dpkg 1.15.5.6 Debian package management system ii groff-base 1.18.1.1-21 GNU troff text-formatting system ( ii libc6 2.10.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libgdbm3 1.8.3-3 GNU dbm database routines (runtime ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime man-db recommends no packages. Versions of packages man-db suggests: ii epiphany-browser [www-b 2.29.3-1 Intuitive GNOME web browser ii groff 1.18.1.1-21 GNU troff text-formatting system ii iceape-browser [www-bro 2.0.1-1 Iceape Navigator (Internet browser ii iceweasel [www-browser] 3.5.8-1~bpo50+2 Web browser based on Firefox ii kazehakase [www-browser 0.5.4-2.2+lenny1 GTK+-base web browser that allows ii less 418-1 Pager program similar to more ii links2 [www-browser] 2.1pre37-1.1 Web browser running in both graphi ii lynx-cur [www-browser] 2.8.7dev9-2.1 Text-mode WWW Browser with NLS sup ii midori [www-browser] 0.2.0-1 fast, lightweight graphical web br ii w3m [www-browser] 0.5.2-2+b1 WWW browsable pager with excellent -- debconf information excluded
--- src/man.c.old 2010-03-19 17:58:58.232651713 +0100
+++ src/man.c 2010-03-19 18:03:13.803608939 +0100
@@ -1203,6 +1203,16 @@
++first_arg;
}
}
+ if (!found_subpage && subpages && first_arg < argc) {
+ char *subname = xasprintf (
+ "%s_%s", nextarg, argv[first_arg]);
+ status = man (subname, &found);
+ free (subname);
+ if (status == OK) {
+ found_subpage = 1;
+ ++first_arg;
+ }
+ }
if (!found_subpage)
status = man (nextarg, &found);
}
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