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and subject line Bug#519162: fixed in man-db 2.5.5-1
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regarding man-db: man(1) example for "-r" prompt missing an escape
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: man-db
Version: 2.5.2-4
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
In man(1), the example for the "-r" prompt is missing an escape for the
backslash for the last space, ie:
.B byte\e\ %bB?s/%s..?\e\ (END):?pB\ %pB\e\e%..
should be:
.B byte\e\ %bB?s/%s..?\e\ (END):?pB\e\ %pB\e\e%..
Trying to use the example (eg setting $MANOPT in the environment), causes
man to complain:
man: Too many arguments
Try `man --help' or `man --usage' for more information.
In Debian Etch, apparently man-db used getopt for argument parsing and did
not complain about this. In Debian Lenny, apparently man-db uses gnulib
argp now, and it gives the above error. (Thus, this bug was experienced as
an etch->lenny upgrade problem, until I tracked it to the $MANOPT in my
environment.) The man(1) page has the typo in both etch and lenny.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-23-xen (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages man-db depends on:
ii bsdmainutils 6.1.10 collection of more utilities from
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy
ii dpkg 1.14.25 Debian package management system
ii groff-base 1.18.1.1-21 GNU troff text-formatting system (
ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgdbm3 1.8.3-3 GNU dbm database routines (runtime
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime
man-db recommends no packages.
Versions of packages man-db suggests:
pn groff <none> (no description available)
ii less 418-1 Pager program similar to more
ii lynx-cur [www-browser] 2.8.7dev9-2.1 Text-mode WWW Browser with NLS sup
-- debconf information:
man-db/install-setuid: false
*** /tmp/man.1.diff
--- man.1.orig 2009-01-24 07:30:57.000000000 -0500
+++ man.1 2009-03-10 14:23:34.000000000 -0400
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@
.B \e\ Manual\e\ page\e\ \e$MAN_PN\e\ ?ltline\e\ %lt?L/%L.:
.br
-.B byte\e\ %bB?s/%s..?\e\ (END):?pB\ %pB\e\e%..
+.B byte\e\ %bB?s/%s..?\e\ (END):?pB\e\ %pB\e\e%..
It is broken into two lines here for the sake of readability only.
For its meaning see the
--- man.1.orig 2009-01-24 07:30:57.000000000 -0500
+++ man.1 2009-03-10 14:23:34.000000000 -0400
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@
.B \e\ Manual\e\ page\e\ \e$MAN_PN\e\ ?ltline\e\ %lt?L/%L.:
.br
-.B byte\e\ %bB?s/%s..?\e\ (END):?pB\ %pB\e\e%..
+.B byte\e\ %bB?s/%s..?\e\ (END):?pB\e\ %pB\e\e%..
It is broken into two lines here for the sake of readability only.
For its meaning see the
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Source: man-db
Source-Version: 2.5.5-1
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
man-db, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
man-db_2.5.5-1.diff.gz
to pool/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.5.5-1.diff.gz
man-db_2.5.5-1.dsc
to pool/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.5.5-1.dsc
man-db_2.5.5-1_i386.deb
to pool/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.5.5-1_i386.deb
man-db_2.5.5.orig.tar.gz
to pool/main/m/man-db/man-db_2.5.5.orig.tar.gz
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
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Colin Watson <[email protected]> (supplier of updated man-db package)
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Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:32:45 +0000
Source: man-db
Binary: man-db
Architecture: source i386
Version: 2.5.5-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Colin Watson <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Colin Watson <[email protected]>
Description:
man-db - on-line manual pager
Closes: 519162 519647
Changes:
man-db (2.5.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
.
* New upstream release:
- Fix an uninitialised variable when sorting manual page candidates that
could lead to excessive memory allocation and possible crashes
(thanks, Dustin Marquess; closes: #519647).
- man(1): Fix missing backslash in -r default (thanks, Will Day; closes:
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