Hi, On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 18:57 +0000, Julian Gilbey wrote: > On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 11:10:18AM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > > Please include Branden's missing_manpage_finder script, from his Write the > > Fine Manual presentation. I have attached an updated version that Branden > > mailed me; it includes GPL headers. [...] > Nice idea, but it doesn't work as is. The two major problems are: > > (1) man -w /usr/bin/bashbug outputs /usr/bin/bashbug, whereas man -w > bashbug shows that bashbug is missing a manpage > > (2) It doesn't exclude /usr/bin/X11, which is a symlink to /usr/bin. > > Attached is a better version which fixes these problems, displays the > missing manual pages and doesn't keep telling the user to look at 'man > 7 undocumented'.
I wondered if anyone would beat me to it ;-) Josh mentioned on irc earlier today that he was planning on submitting the script, so I'd been having a look at it also. I've attached my current revision of the script, which steals^Wincorporates some of the changes from your revision. My version adds a dependency on find, although that's not a huge problem given that findutils is Essential: yes. It also has the advantages (imho) of only checking executable files in the given paths and avoiding the need to special-case /usr/bin/X11. I was planning on committing an updated version of the attached later on this evening or tomorrow, once I'd finished tidying it up, but I have no wish to start a "my update's better than your update" battle ;-) Cheers, Adam
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