Debian bug report logs - #1737 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1737: missing man pages for accouting commands Reply-To: sgk@sgk.tiac.net, debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: "Susan G. Kleinmann" Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 12:18:02 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: acct X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 12:18:02 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 12:04:22 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t7LZY-0004NaC; Mon, 23 Oct 95 05:01 PDT Received: from soos.tiac.net (sgk.tiac.net) by pixar.com with SMTP id AA21126 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 23 Oct 1995 05:01:04 -0700 Received: from localhost (sgk@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by soos.tiac.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id IAA00494 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 08:03:32 -0400 Message-Id: <199510231203.IAA00494@soos.tiac.net> To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 08:03:32 -0400 From: "Susan G. Kleinmann" 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: sgk@sgk.tiac.net Subject: Bug#1737: Acknowledgement (was: missing man pages for accouting commands) In-Reply-To: <199510231203.IAA00494@soos.tiac.net> References: <199510231203.IAA00494@soos.tiac.net> Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, but please ensure that the Subject line of your message starts with "Bug#1737" or "Re: Bug#1737" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1737: missing man pages for accouting commands Reply-To: Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca, debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 14:48:03 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: acct X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 14:48:03 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 14:42:21 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t7O1z-0006EZC; Mon, 23 Oct 95 07:39 PDT Received: from post.QueensU.CA (knot.QueensU.CA) by pixar.com with SMTP id AA26763 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 23 Oct 1995 07:38:49 -0700 Received: from miles.econ.queensu.ca (free2-slip221.tele.QueensU.CA [130.15.126.221]) by post.QueensU.CA (8.6.12/8.6.10+ASH) with SMTP id KAA15774; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 10:39:03 -0400 Received: by miles.econ.queensu.ca id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Mon, 23 Oct 95 10:38 EDT Message-Id: Date: Mon, 23 Oct 95 10:38 EDT To: sgk@sgk.tiac.net, debian-bugs@Pixar.com, debian-bugs-done@Pixar.com In-Reply-To: <199510231203.IAA00494@soos.tiac.net> References: <199510231203.IAA00494@soos.tiac.net> 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca Subject: Bug#1737: Info received (was Bug#1737: missing man pages for accouting commands) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1737" or "Re: Bug#1737" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca In-Reply-To: References: <199510231203.IAA00494@soos.tiac.net> Subject: Bug#1737: marked as done (was: missing man pages for accouting commands) Your message dated Mon, 23 Oct 95 10:38 EDT with message-id and subject line Bug#1737: missing man pages for accouting commands has caused the attached bug report to be marked as done. It is your now responsibility to ensure that the bug report is dealt with. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what I'm talking about this indicates a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact me immediately.) Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 12:04:22 GMT From soos.tiac.net!sgk Mon Oct 23 05:01:45 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t7LZY-0004NaC; Mon, 23 Oct 95 05:01 PDT Received: from soos.tiac.net (sgk.tiac.net) by pixar.com with SMTP id AA21126 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 23 Oct 1995 05:01:04 -0700 Received: from localhost (sgk@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by soos.tiac.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id IAA00494 for ; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 08:03:32 -0400 Message-Id: <199510231203.IAA00494@soos.tiac.net> Reply-To: sgk@sgk.tiac.net To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: missing man pages for accouting commands Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 08:03:32 -0400 From: "Susan G. Kleinmann" 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: sgk@sgk.tiac.net Subject: Bug#1737 acknowledged by developer (was: missing man pages for accouting commands) References: <199510231203.IAA00494@soos.tiac.net> In-Reply-To: <199510231203.IAA00494@soos.tiac.net> This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report. Responsibility for it has been taken by one of the developers, namely Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca. You should be hearing from them with a substantive response shortly, if you have not already done so. If not, please contact them directly, or email debian-bugs@pixar.com or myself. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1737: missing man pages for accouting commands Reply-To: Ian Jackson , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Ian Jackson Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1995 23:18:06 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: acct X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 23:18:06 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Mon, 23 Oct 1995 23:11:56 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t7W0p-0006GWC; Mon, 23 Oct 95 16:10 PDT Received: from artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA26609 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 23 Oct 1995 16:10:04 -0700 Received: from chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk by artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #33) id m0t7Vzb-0007ubC; Mon, 23 Oct 95 23:09 GMT Received: by chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk id m0t7VzQ-0002bIC (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Mon, 23 Oct 95 23:09 GMT Message-Id: Date: Mon, 23 Oct 95 23:09 GMT From: Ian Jackson To: debian-bugs@Pixar.com Cc: sgk@sgk.tiac.net 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Ian Jackson Subject: Bug#1737: Info received (was Bug#1737: missing man pages for accouting commands) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1737" or "Re: Bug#1737" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs-request: From chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk!ian Tue Oct 24 13:47:49 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t7qGD-0006FxC; Tue, 24 Oct 95 13:47 PDT Received: from artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA25131 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-request-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Tue, 24 Oct 1995 13:46:47 -0700 Received: from chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk by artemis.chu.cam.ac.uk with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #33) id m0t7qF3-0007vXC; Tue, 24 Oct 95 20:46 GMT Received: by chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk id m0t7qF0-0002aaC (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Tue, 24 Oct 95 20:46 GMT Message-Id: Date: Tue, 24 Oct 95 20:46 GMT From: Ian Jackson To: debian-bugs-request@Pixar.com Subject: Re: Bug#1749: manpages rule OK reopen 1737 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov