Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 08:50:01 GMT From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/184791: [patch] man page for 'diff3' references 'info diff' instead of 'info diff3' Message-ID: <201312170850.rBH8o10s038710@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/184791; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Jamie Landeg Jones <jamie@dyslexicfish.net>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/184791: [patch] man page for 'diff3' references 'info diff' instead of 'info diff3' Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:35:12 +0200 --J2SCkAp4GZ/dPZZf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 02:33:30PM -0700, Warren Block wrote: > >Most obsessive/pedantic/picky PR of the year goes to me, with: > > > >The man page for diff3(1) refers to 'info diff' instead of > >'info diff3' > > > > > >>How-To-Repeat: > > > >% man diff3 > > > >Compare the similarity of the end of this page with the end of the > >'man diff' page. > > > >Both refer to 'info diff' for more information, but if you compare > >the results of 'info diff' and 'info diff3' you'll clearly see that > >the man page for diff3 should be referencing 'info diff3'. >=20 > Agreed. However, this is "contrib" software from an external > source, and we generally prefer to get them patched upstream to > avoid having to maintain local patches. I think this is the project > page: > http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/ >=20 > It's not clear how they prefer to get bug reports, but maybe a post > to their mailing list would help. Just for the record, I believe that some GNU projects now use the debbugs installation at http://debbugs.gnu.org/ - and from a quick look at http://debbugs.gnu.org/Packages.html it seems that diffutils is indeed among them. G'luck, Peter --=20 Peter Pentchev roam@ringlet.net roam@FreeBSD.org p.penchev@storpool.com PGP key: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~roam/roam.key.asc Key fingerprint 2EE7 A7A5 17FC 124C F115 C354 651E EFB0 2527 DF13 The rest of this sentence is written in Thailand, on --J2SCkAp4GZ/dPZZf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.15 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJSsAy3AAoJEGUe77AlJ98TUf4QALj6G3zFHdzoNcDAX/qZuXH9 cvviLnhDa2Avu4+HHruUQl5qLZh5uPgyLgQX+8S+kPqctT0m7/YiNT+dB2TZTGTg YZohLhNJoT0BMQgRz5FkHfk4KUek5jyM9oDAQ+56pjSou8KEtVnF5jZBGVdvwEAr 7zgvGogORSlzJyAYTaRp70sHm/3CtagghTW9JP3E6PEajpEhRpoQmgD+DjqLe6B4 A1OMqAcmhVngN7CX/e/xQJ5kSm8T1P1QQkDuQ/8SGcSukERcWfofCByVSZuyWLuq Ww4IkkjDUbNLcTfDqQPaNwAw+IJLh6h4T/cYMAXkt8FhZrxFB9SHFeNGH+aTf9Tc MxnzBYNqQ3DJgFYwFHcOryNVmPnYOZHm/MNLVvHFYViX37fsSExzOKWmh8ijA8G7 xaolzYA/2yBzznUs9uiBVUva16zv2ajzJn4fBYBMKLjvJLnxYO06ncVEeQAXrV+T JF0r/+BM3vm3cuHzeXxyveYPGUyarUhc32PR5OZARQL0hnLXX4GAsgPk3XaSekSx dQKQARkKF73oDTuiPCNab+4BQ9CniLtX6eQ7+boNqWsztmYTrhKHXvLDxQHxGy8l YPwbHjQPB7IibrGEvZushhURi/e/yGmY16xFjrvl7RA5qxmmij/IKhG1Eb+/y5fp kGXy7NOlr4252u6QTRUg =DWZI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --J2SCkAp4GZ/dPZZf--help
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