I wrote:
> So, IMO, the following code from coreutils' function emit_ancillary_info
> should go away:
Here are two proposed patches, one for gnulib, one for coreutils.
With this, the man page output of 'tr' is changed to contain:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to: <[email protected]>.
Report any translation bugs to: <https://translationproject.org/team/>.
GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bruno
>From 20c8ac528e54c7ea7c044e611f46466fbe4aae43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruno Haible <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:31:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] version-etc: Optionally emit another line for the man page.
* lib/version-etc.c: Include <stdlib.h>.
(emit_bug_reporting_address): Terminate the "Report bugs to" sentence,
as suggested in
https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Bug-Report-Address.html.
Add a "Report any translation bugs to" sentence, but only when producing
a man page.
---
ChangeLog | 10 ++++++++++
lib/version-etc.c | 11 ++++++++++-
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3d5eeade61..72c388b678 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2026-04-24 Bruno Haible <[email protected]>
+
+ version-etc: Optionally emit another line for the man page.
+ * lib/version-etc.c: Include <stdlib.h>.
+ (emit_bug_reporting_address): Terminate the "Report bugs to" sentence,
+ as suggested in
+ https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Bug-Report-Address.html.
+ Add a "Report any translation bugs to" sentence, but only when producing
+ a man page.
+
2026-04-23 Paul Eggert <[email protected]>
wchar-h: <string.h> namespace cleanup
diff --git a/lib/version-etc.c b/lib/version-etc.c
index b5778709b7..d6131a0bfd 100644
--- a/lib/version-etc.c
+++ b/lib/version-etc.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
#if USE_UNLOCKED_IO
# include "unlocked-io.h"
@@ -245,7 +246,15 @@ emit_bug_reporting_address (void)
for this package. Please add _another line_ saying
"Report translation bugs to <...>\n" with the address for translation
bugs (typically your translation team's web or email address). */
- printf (_("Report bugs to: %s\n"), PACKAGE_BUGREPORT);
+ printf (_("Report bugs to: <%s>.\n"), PACKAGE_BUGREPORT);
+#ifdef PACKAGE_L10N_BUGREPORT
+ /* PACKAGE_L10N_BUGREPORT may be defined to the URL of the package's
+ translation project, e.g. "https://translationproject.org/team/";. */
+ /* Get this reporting instruction included in the (English) man page
+ only. No need to include it in the normal --help output. */
+ if (getenv ("IN_HELP2MAN") != NULL)
+ printf ("Report any translation bugs to: <%s>.\n", PACKAGE_L10N_BUGREPORT);
+#endif
#ifdef PACKAGE_PACKAGER_BUG_REPORTS
printf (_("Report %s bugs to: %s\n"), PACKAGE_PACKAGER,
PACKAGE_PACKAGER_BUG_REPORTS);
--
2.52.0
>From d60a493409efe5f74d60c99e05dee7995f710080 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruno Haible <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:36:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] maint: Remove redundant "Report translation bugs to" in
--help output
Reported by Rafael Fontenelle <[email protected]> in
<https://bugs.gnu.org/80886>.
* configure.ac: Define PACKAGE_L10N_BUGREPORT.
* man/local.mk (run_help2man): Set the IN_HELP2MAN environment variable.
* src/system.h (emit_ancillary_info): Don't emit "Report any translation
bugs to" line; this is already done by emit_bug_reporting_address() in
version-etc.c.
---
configure.ac | 4 ++++
man/local.mk | 2 +-
src/system.h | 12 ------------
3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f60db9915..474557662 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ if test "$gl_bold_manpages" != no; then
fi
AM_CONDITIONAL([BOLD_MAN_REFS], [test "$gl_bold_manpages" != no])
+# When generating manual pages, include a "Report any translation bugs" line.
+AC_DEFINE([PACKAGE_L10N_BUGREPORT], ["https://translationproject.org/team/";],
+ [Define to the URL of your translation project.])
+
AC_ARG_ENABLE([manual-url],
[AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-manual-url@<:@=<url>@:>@],
[When generating man pages, or displaying --help, generate hyperlinks
diff --git a/man/local.mk b/man/local.mk
index 92cfebadd..156b0e18c 100644
--- a/man/local.mk
+++ b/man/local.mk
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ if HAVE_PERL
if BOLD_MAN_REFS
help2man_OPTS=--bold-refs
endif
-run_help2man = env TERM=not_dumb $(PERL) -- \
+run_help2man = env IN_HELP2MAN=1 TERM=not_dumb $(PERL) -- \
$(srcdir)/man/help2man --loose-indent $(help2man_OPTS)
else
run_help2man = $(SHELL) $(srcdir)/man/dummy-man
diff --git a/src/system.h b/src/system.h
index d3c5f08a7..545377335 100644
--- a/src/system.h
+++ b/src/system.h
@@ -870,18 +870,6 @@ emit_ancillary_info (char const *program)
emit_bug_reporting_address ();
- /* Don't output this redundant message for English locales.
- Note we still output for 'C' so that it gets included in the man page. */
- char const *lc_messages = setlocale (LC_MESSAGES, NULL);
- if (lc_messages && STRNCMP_LIT (lc_messages, "en_"))
- {
- /* TRANSLATORS: Replace LANG_CODE in this URL with your language code
- <https://translationproject.org/team/LANG_CODE.html> to form one of
- the URLs at https://translationproject.org/team/. Otherwise, replace
- the entire URL with your translation team's email address. */
- fputs (_("Report any translation bugs to "
- "<https://translationproject.org/team/>\n"), stdout);
- }
/* .htaccess on the coreutils web site maps programs to the appropriate page,
however we explicitly handle "[" -> "test" here as the "[" is not
recognized as part of a URL by default in terminals. */
--
2.52.0
