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The included file "help2man" is too old

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Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig <at> rhi.hi.is>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: The included file "help2man" is too old
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:35:29 +0000

  The included file "man/help2man" is version 1.47.3 from 2015, while the
current version is 1.47.16 from 2020.

-- 
Bjarni I. Gislason

Message #8 received at 44105 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Brendan O'Dea" <bod <at> debian.org>
To: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig <at> rhi.hi.is>
Cc: 44105 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: The included file "help2man" is too old; correction
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2020 11:02:30 +1100

On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 at 08:31, Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig <at> rhi.hi.is> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 04:46:05PM +0000, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote:
> >   The included file "man/help2man" is version 1.47.3 from 2015,
> > while the current version is 1.47.16 from 2020.
>
>   This was ment to go to "bug-coreutils..."!

coreutils does include a copy based on 1.47.3, with some minor changes
to handle the way that online documentation and info pages are
referenced in the generated manual page.

Note that minor releases (.3 vs .16 in this case) should only affect
files outside of the help2man program such as updated translations, or
Debian packaging.

For coreutils, which doesn't actually install help2man or use the
translation feature, updating to the latest minor version won't
actually change the contents of the script (other than having to
re-apply the local changes).

--bod

Message #13 received at 44105-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Brendan O'Dea <bod <at> debian.org>, Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig <at> rhi.hi.is>
Cc: 44105-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44105: The included file "help2man" is too old; correction
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2020 13:33:20 +0000

On 21/10/2020 01:02, Brendan O'Dea wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 at 08:31, Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig <at> rhi.hi.is> wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2020 at 04:46:05PM +0000, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote:
>>>    The included file "man/help2man" is version 1.47.3 from 2015,
>>> while the current version is 1.47.16 from 2020.
>>
>>    This was ment to go to "bug-coreutils..."!
> 
> coreutils does include a copy based on 1.47.3, with some minor changes
> to handle the way that online documentation and info pages are
> referenced in the generated manual page.
> 
> Note that minor releases (.3 vs .16 in this case) should only affect
> files outside of the help2man program such as updated translations, or
> Debian packaging.
> 
> For coreutils, which doesn't actually install help2man or use the
> translation feature, updating to the latest minor version won't
> actually change the contents of the script (other than having to
> re-apply the local changes).

Pushed the resync at:
https://git.sv.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=coreutils.git;a=commitdiff;h=f803c0e92

I confirmed this doesn't change the man pages produced.

thanks,
Pádraig

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