typo in man page

Bug #33484 reported by Chris Moore
8
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
apt-file (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
apt-file (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
MOTU

Bug Description

The man page says:

 list Alias for list.

and should say:

 show Alias for list.

See attached patch.

Revision history for this message
In , Jim Van Zandt (jrvz) wrote : patch for "list Alias for list" manpage error

The problem is that neither "make" nor "make install" updates
apt-file.1. I suggest the following changes to Makefile.

        - Jim Van Zandt

--- Makefile-orig 2006-01-16 10:14:51.000000000 -0500
+++ Makefile 2006-01-16 10:19:40.000000000 -0500
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 MANDIR=$(DESTDIR)/usr/share/man/man1
 COMPDIR=$(DESTDIR)/etc/bash_completion.d

-all:
+all: apt-file.1

-install:
+install: apt-file.1
  $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(MANDIR)
  $(INSTALL) -m 644 apt-file.1 $(MANDIR)
  $(INSTALL) -d -m 755 $(BINDIR)
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
  rm -f $(ETCDIR)/apt-file.conf
  rm -f $(MANDIR)/apt-file.1

-man:
- $(DOCBOOK2MAN) apt-file.1.sgml
+apt-file.1: apt-file.1.sgml
+ $(DOCBOOK2MAN) $<

 clean:
  rm -f *~ manpage.*

Revision history for this message
In , Sebastien J. Gross (sjg) wrote : Bug#323641: fixed in apt-file 2.0.7

Source: apt-file
Source-Version: 2.0.7

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
apt-file, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

apt-file_2.0.7.dsc
  to pool/main/a/apt-file/apt-file_2.0.7.dsc
apt-file_2.0.7.tar.gz
  to pool/main/a/apt-file/apt-file_2.0.7.tar.gz
apt-file_2.0.7_all.deb
  to pool/main/a/apt-file/apt-file_2.0.7_all.deb

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to <email address hidden>,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Sebastien J. Gross <email address hidden> (supplier of updated apt-file package)

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Format: 1.7
Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 00:12:54 +0100
Source: apt-file
Binary: apt-file
Architecture: source all
Version: 2.0.7
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Sebastien J. Gross <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Sebastien J. Gross <email address hidden>
Description:
 apt-file - APT package searching utility -- command-line interface
Closes: 316310 316311 317964 319066 320313 320318 320737 323641 323682 341169 348527 349585
Changes:
 apt-file (2.0.7) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * change cache dir to /var/cache/apt-/apt-file (Closes: #341169)
   * fixed up "bad file descriptor" error when running in debug
     (Closes: #348527)
   * Changes configuration file to handle 404s and not erase
     existing Contents files (Closes: #349585)
   * changed configuration to not complain if Contents files are not
     in cache yet (Closes: #316310, #317964)
   * changed configuration to softly ignore missing Contents files
     (Closes: #316311)
   * changed configuration to permissions in cache directory
     (Closes: #319066)
   * minor fixes (Closes: #320318, #323641, #323682, #320313)
   * add find command as a search alias (Closes: #320737)
Files:
 c14bf8560f37fd4a91acf0375cbe581e 501 base optional apt-file_2.0.7.dsc
 6b18d389cc07d75f9a5ab1733627be4e 16298 base optional apt-file_2.0.7.tar.gz
 ee4b5f9caa8ba9f5461092e817580db3 11886 base optional apt-file_2.0.7_all.deb

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Revision history for this message
Chris Moore (dooglus) wrote :

The man page says:

 list Alias for list.

and should say:

 show Alias for list.

See attached patch.

Revision history for this message
Chris Moore (dooglus) wrote : patch for the typo

no comment

Changed in apt-file:
assignee: nobody → motu
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Vassilis Pandis (pandisv) wrote :

Fixed in edgy ...

Changed in apt-file:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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