Debian bug report logs - #1737
missing man pages for accouting commands

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From: Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>
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Subject: Re: Bug#1737: missing man pages for accouting commands

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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  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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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: 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.