From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Sat Aug 18 10:05:06 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 706B4108B901 for ; Sat, 18 Aug 2018 10:05:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mpp302@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wr1-f46.google.com (mail-wr1-f46.google.com [209.85.221.46]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E04938BC71 for ; Sat, 18 Aug 2018 10:05:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mpp302@gmail.com) Received: by mail-wr1-f46.google.com with SMTP id w11-v6so6455003wrc.5 for ; Sat, 18 Aug 2018 03:05:05 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=+k3zF5zqFbzuG9YLLcbE7RVKGrPhKL+5DJ2RoseoG3Q=; b=eEsf3xI2xx7pRWaAGLe2LSnwBPnaetK2Fvi9ESWYqhq+Yj+yRSxOhtHRskmWsYrBOJ srFZDn4BMF2B5uNwIWcaflw25bZfPfy0JMsZzLnSRIsi/k6lhCnkRxqYx/v1/ZW8WjTR EdVoxRoSHnEk4Mr9dljd8o0PCgHfUp6kmwHkPcXbaQseTI3AXjOppaPltIA2KIcQLgJX bAUOAd7S6U8Rcna8vntSKLoeUxap317jJQ5ryuWhaxxL53zlZLL6Q2J2ubORRM2Qkeki GFfEhh4zmDyYoN3NptdJtbb6bxNtPCyLNmxWiBGlFNqWmOZZCQBUF1X/rsHLpBoRZqAB jQHA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOUpUlHRzBN60Vppk4j9Qs9gRrDO+qhwEd83DI54c90Ue1JCSGsP40yZ juP1Tk15yjkNijYHTJLsGg0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA+uWPzf7/v+hwvJR/yxfa1YaDFc63U/B2yfNw65bkYzYnqJJQh6eV6t0ex6xZlq06qAWWIjoeyiEQ== X-Received: by 2002:adf:ba12:: with SMTP id o18-v6mr24016879wrg.249.1534586698654; Sat, 18 Aug 2018 03:04:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: from e5500 (global-5-184.nat-2.net.cam.ac.uk. [131.111.5.184]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 200-v6sm11263251wmv.6.2018.08.18.03.04.58 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Sat, 18 Aug 2018 03:04:58 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2018 11:04:54 +0100 From: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> To: Samy Mahmoudi Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: awk manual is outdated Message-ID: <20180818110454.339e9929@e5500> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.16.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; i386-portbld-freebsd11.1) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2018 10:05:06 -0000 On Tue, 24 Jul 2018 01:06:19 +0200 Samy Mahmoudi wrote: >The awk manual seems out of date. > >For example, the -V option is documented but is unknown at execution. >Reciprocally, --version is not documented but is functional at execution. >Under FreeBSD 12.0-CURRENT, the date at the end of the manual also seems >older than expected, as the FreeBSD Manual Pages indicates a newer date for >FreeBSD 11.2. > >I could edit awk.1 and copy/paste a patch to solve these but reviewing the >whole manual may be better to eradicate other omissions. From the FreeBSD >Manual Pages, I have found out that options (including -V) were introduced >between 11.0 RELEASE and 11.1 RELEASE. > >By the way, choosing the "FreeBSD 12-current" manual on that web page > >actually gives the "FreeBSD 11.2" manual, seemingly. I've created an issue on Bugzilla for this. Thanks for the heads up. https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=230730