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and subject line Bug#494739: fixed in help2man 1.36.4+nmu1
has caused the Debian Bug report #494739,
regarding help2man: support for programs that don't have --version option
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: help2man
Version: 1.36.4
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Here is a patch that adds support for programs that don't have a
--version option, in the form of a --version-string option which
specifies the string to be used as version of the program.
diff -Nru help2man-1.36.4/ChangeLog help2man-1.36.4.0/ChangeLog
--- help2man-1.36.4/ChangeLog 2006-02-27 14:44:53.000000000 +0100
+++ help2man-1.36.4.0/ChangeLog 2008-08-11 21:18:55.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+help2man (1.36.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Add --version-string option
+
+ -- Lionel Elie Mamane <[email protected]> Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:18:55 +0200
+
help2man (1.36.4) unstable; urgency=low
* Add sv translation from Daniel Nylander (closes: #349568).
diff -Nru help2man-1.36.4/debian/changelog help2man-1.36.4.0/debian/changelog
--- help2man-1.36.4/debian/changelog 2006-02-27 14:44:53.000000000 +0100
+++ help2man-1.36.4.0/debian/changelog 2008-08-11 21:18:55.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+help2man (1.36.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ * Add --version-string option
+
+ -- Lionel Elie Mamane <[email protected]> Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:18:55 +0200
+
help2man (1.36.4) unstable; urgency=low
* Add sv translation from Daniel Nylander (closes: #349568).
diff -Nru help2man-1.36.4/help2man.info help2man-1.36.4.0/help2man.info
--- help2man-1.36.4/help2man.info 2006-02-27 15:05:54.000000000 +0100
+++ help2man-1.36.4.0/help2man.info 2008-08-11 21:22:16.000000000 +0200
@@ -146,6 +146,10 @@
`--version-option=OPTION'
version option string
+`--version-string=OPTION'
+ Do not run the program with --version, but use OPTION as version
+ string.
+
File: help2man.info, Node: --help recommendations, Next: Makefile usage, Prev: Including text, Up: Top
diff -Nru help2man-1.36.4/help2man.PL help2man-1.36.4.0/help2man.PL
--- help2man-1.36.4/help2man.PL 2005-10-16 17:38:47.000000000 +0200
+++ help2man-1.36.4.0/help2man.PL 2008-08-11 22:20:24.000000000 +0200
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
-h, --help-option=STRING help option string
-v, --version-option=STRING version option string
+ --version-string=STRING version string
Report bugs to <[email protected]>.
EOT
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@
my $locale = 'C';
my $help_option = '--help';
my $version_option = '--version';
-my ($opt_name, @opt_include, $opt_output, $opt_info, $opt_no_info);
+my ($opt_name, @opt_include, $opt_output, $opt_info, $opt_no_info, $version_string);
my %opt_def = (
'n|name=s' => \$opt_name,
@@ -188,6 +189,7 @@
'N|no-info' => \$opt_no_info,
'h|help-option=s' => \$help_option,
'v|version-option=s' => \$version_option,
+ 'version-string=s' => \$version_string,
);
# Parse options.
@@ -297,11 +299,26 @@
}
# Grab help and version info from executable.
-my ($help_text, $version_text) = map {
+my ($help_text) = map {
join '', map { s/ +$//; expand $_ } `$ARGV[0] $_ 2>/dev/null`
or kark N_("%s: can't get `%s' info from %s"), $this_program,
$_, $ARGV[0]
-} $help_option, $version_option;
+} $help_option;
+
+my $version_text;
+
+if ($version_string)
+{
+ $version_text = $version_string . "\n";
+}
+else
+{
+ ($version_text) = map {
+ join '', map { s/ +$//; expand $_ } `$ARGV[0] $_ 2>/dev/null`
+ or kark N_("%s: can't get `%s' info from %s"), $this_program,
+ $_, $ARGV[0]
+ } $version_option;
+}
my $date = strftime "%B %Y", localtime;
(my $program = $ARGV[0]) =~ s!.*/!!;
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Source: help2man
Source-Version: 1.36.4+nmu1
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
help2man, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
help2man_1.36.4+nmu1.dsc
to pool/main/h/help2man/help2man_1.36.4+nmu1.dsc
help2man_1.36.4+nmu1.tar.gz
to pool/main/h/help2man/help2man_1.36.4+nmu1.tar.gz
help2man_1.36.4+nmu1_amd64.deb
to pool/main/h/help2man/help2man_1.36.4+nmu1_amd64.deb
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
pp.
Stefano Zacchiroli <[email protected]> (supplier of updated help2man package)
(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:35:34 +0200
Source: help2man
Binary: help2man
Architecture: source amd64
Version: 1.36.4+nmu1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Stefano Zacchiroli <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Stefano Zacchiroli <[email protected]>
Description:
help2man - Automatic manpage generator
Closes: 494739
Changes:
help2man (1.36.4+nmu1) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Non-maintainer upload.
* Bump debhelper compatibility level to 5 (4 is deprecated now), move
the setting to debian/compat
* Add missing dependency on ${shlibs:Depends}, neede by the .so file
shipped by help2man
* Add --version-string option to support programs which are missing some
sort of --version option. Thanks to Lionel Elie Mamane for the patch.
(Closes: #494739)
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