Debian bug report logs - #1737, boring messages

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Subject: Bug#1737: missing man pages for accouting commands
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From: "Susan G. Kleinmann" <sgk@soos.tiac.net>

Package: acct
Version: 5-12

The man page and the info page for 'acct' refer the reader to
acct(5) for additional information.  No such page exists.

Likewise, there are no man pages for `ac', `accton', `lastcomm',
and `sa'.  Even though much of the relevant information is covered in
the texinfo document for `accounting', it would be helpful to have a
man page for each of these commands, even if it said something so
simple as "look in the texinfo document."

I am using dpkg 1.0.3 0, source 1.2.13 4, libc 4.6.27 6.

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Subject: Bug#1737: Acknowledgement (was: missing man pages for accouting commands)
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Subject: Bug#1737: missing man pages for accouting commands
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Date: Mon, 23 Oct 95 10:38 EDT
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From: Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca

  Susan G Kleinmann writes:
  Susan> The man page and the info page for 'acct' refer the reader to
  Susan> acct(5) for additional information.  No such page exists.

True, but that is a bug in the upstream version that I as the maintainer
can't do anything about but writing the man page myself. And I don't have
enough time to do so. Any volunteers?

  Susan> Likewise, there are no man pages for `ac', `accton', `lastcomm', and
  Susan> `sa'.  Even though much of the relevant information is covered in
  Susan> the texinfo document for `accounting', it would be helpful to have a
  Susan> man page for each of these commands, even if it said something so
  Susan> simple as "look in the texinfo document."

Well, Debian is a GNU system. And in the GNU world is a preference for
texinfo over manpages. Love it or loathe it --- and then do write some
manpages. I close this bug now.

--
Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca          http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd

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Subject: Bug#1737: Info received (was Bug#1737: missing man pages for accouting commands)
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Subject: Bug#1737: marked as done (was: missing man pages for accouting commands)

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Subject: missing man pages for accouting commands
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 08:03:32 -0400
From: "Susan G. Kleinmann" <sgk@soos.tiac.net>

Package:  acct
Version:  5-12

The man page and the info page for 'acct' refer the reader to
acct(5) for additional information.  No such page exists.

Likewise, there are no man pages for `ac', `accton', `lastcomm',
and `sa'.  Even though much of the relevant information is covered in
the texinfo document for `accounting', it would be helpful to have a
man page for each of these commands, even if it said something so
simple as "look in the texinfo document."

I am using dpkg 1.0.3 0, source 1.2.13 4, libc 4.6.27 6.

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To: sgk@sgk.tiac.net
Subject: Bug#1737 acknowledged by developer (was: missing man pages for accouting commands)
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Dirk Eddelbuettel writes ("Bug#1737: missing man pages for accouting commands"):
>   Susan G Kleinmann writes:
>   Susan> The man page and the info page for 'acct' refer the reader to
>   Susan> acct(5) for additional information.  No such page exists.
>
> True, but that is a bug in the upstream version that I as the maintainer
> can't do anything about but writing the man page myself. And I don't have
> enough time to do so. Any volunteers?

Bugs in the upstream package count as bugs too.  I'm going to reopen
this report.

>   Susan> Likewise, there are no man pages for `ac', `accton', `lastcomm', and
>   Susan> `sa'.  Even though much of the relevant information is covered in
>   Susan> the texinfo document for `accounting', it would be helpful to have a
>   Susan> man page for each of these commands, even if it said something so
>   Susan> simple as "look in the texinfo document."
>
> Well, Debian is a GNU system. And in the GNU world is a preference for
> texinfo over manpages. Love it or loathe it --- and then do write some
> manpages. I close this bug now.

We do not have to adopt the (widely loathed) GNU policy of preferring
Texinfo to manpages.

Ian.

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reopen 1737

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