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split man page table mushed

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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: submit <at> bugs.debian.org
Cc: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: split man page table mushed
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 08:43:58 +0800

Package: coreutils
Version: 8.21-1
File: /usr/share/man/man1/split.1.gz

.PP
CHUNKS may be:
N       split into N files based on size of input
K/N     output Kth of N to stdout
l/N     split into N files without splitting lines
l/K/N   output Kth of N to stdout without splitting lines
r/N     like 'l' but use round robin distribution
r/K/N   likewise but only output Kth of N to stdout

becomes

       CHUNKS  may  be:  N       split into N files based on size of input K/N
       output Kth of N to stdout l/N     split into N files without  splitting
       lines  l/K/N    output  Kth  of N to stdout without splitting lines r/N
       like 'l' but use round robin distribution  r/K/N    likewise  but  only
       output Kth of N to stdout

on the man page.

Tested with
# su - nobody -c 'man split'

Message #8 received at 14971 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: 718030 <at> bugs.debian.org
Cc: 14971 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug tracking numbers for split man page bug
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 08:50:20 +0800

718030 <at> bugs.debian.org
14971 <at> debbugs.gnu.org

Message #11 received at 14971 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Assaf Gordon <assafgordon <at> gmail.com>
To: 14971 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14971: split man page table mushed
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 16:19:18 -0600

tags 14971 fixed
close 14971
stop

(triaging old bugs)

Hello,

On 27/07/13 06:43 PM, jidanni <at> jidanni.org wrote:
> Package: coreutils
> Version: 8.21-1
> File: /usr/share/man/man1/split.1.gz
> [...]
> 
> becomes
> 
>         CHUNKS  may  be:  N       split into N files based on size of input K/N
>         output Kth of N to stdout l/N     split into N files without  splitting
[...]

Fixed in
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/coreutils.git/commit/?id=272aa7cad6c1cf940e17b29c46ee9ff363cb9664

Closing as "fixed".

-assaf

Message #18 received at 14971 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
Cc: assafgordon <at> gmail.com, 14971 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14971 acknowledged by developer (Re: bug#14971: split man
 page table mushed)
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 15:18:48 +0800

Say, can we get the final information just from this email next time,
just like in Debian. Where one doesn't need to click on the link to see
how the bug was solved.


>>>>> "GbTS" == GNU bug Tracking System <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> writes:
GbTS> This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report
GbTS> #14971: split man page table mushed,
GbTS> which was filed against the coreutils package.

GbTS> Thank you for your report, which has now been closed.
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GbTS> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=14971

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Message #21 received at 14971 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: assafgordon <at> gmail.com, GNU bug Tracking System <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org>,
 14971 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14971 acknowledged by developer (Re: bug#14971: split man
 page table mushed)
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 11:39:07 +0200

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

> Say, can we get the final information just from this email next time,
> just like in Debian. Where one doesn't need to click on the link to see
> how the bug was solved.

Well, we plan to merge with Debian's debbugs sources. This should
improve also messages like this.

However, this won't happen next days; first we need to set up the new
debbugs.gnu.org machine.

Best regards, Michael.

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