GNU bug report logs - #39769
diff man page subjects are gone in apropos(1)

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Package: diffutils;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 16:06:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

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Report forwarded to bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org:
bug#39769; Package diffutils. (Mon, 24 Feb 2020 16:06:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org. (Mon, 24 Feb 2020 16:06:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: diff man page subjects are gone in apropos(1)
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 23:02:10 +0800

Because of non-standard formatting, the man page subjects are gone in apropos(1).

$ apropos diff|grep ^diff
diff (1)             - (unknown subject)
diff (1posix)        - compare two files
diff3 (1)            - (unknown subject)
diffpp (1)           - pretty-print diff outputs with GNU enscript
difftime (3)         - calculate time difference

$ aptitude show diffutils
Package: diffutils
Version: 1:3.7-3
Reply sent to Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>:
You have taken responsibility. (Sun, 15 Mar 2020 04:58:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Notification sent to 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>:
bug acknowledged by developer. (Sun, 15 Mar 2020 04:58:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #10 received at 39769-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 39769-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#39769: diff man page subjects are gone in
 apropos(1)
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 21:56:52 -0700

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On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 8:06 AM 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> wrote:
> Because of non-standard formatting, the man page subjects are gone in apropos(1).
>
> $ apropos diff|grep ^diff
> diff (1)             - (unknown subject)
> diff (1posix)        - compare two files
> diff3 (1)            - (unknown subject)
> diffpp (1)           - pretty-print diff outputs with GNU enscript
> difftime (3)         - calculate time difference

Thank you for reporting that!
Pretty sure it's fixed via the attached:

[diff-man-leading-sp.diff (application/octet-stream, attachment)]
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 12 Apr 2020 11:24:06 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
This bug report was last modified 4 years and 7 days ago.

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