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Wrong manpage name in automake 1.11.2

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From: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
To: Dagobert Michelsen <dam <at> opencsw.org>
Cc: 10414 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10414: Wrong manpage name in automake 1.11.2
Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:19:10 +0100

On 01/01/2012 03:11 PM, Dagobert Michelsen wrote:
> Hi Stefano,
> 
> Am 01.01.2012 um 10:01 schrieb Stefano Lattarini:
>> On 12/29/2011 09:00 PM, Dagobert Michelsen wrote:
>>> I have compiled automake 1.11.2 on Solaris 9 Sparc with Sun Studio 12 with
>>> OpenCSW build standards and get wrong man page names:
>>>
>>> /opt/csw/share/man/man1/aclocal-1.11.1
>>> /opt/csw/share/man/man1/automake-1.11.1
>>>
>>> I think the origin are these wrong versions in the files
>>>
>>> unstable9s% more automake.1 
>>> .so man1/automake-1.11.1
>>> unstable9s% more aclocal.1 
>>> .so man1/aclocal-1.11.1
>>
>> Thanks for your report, but this is not an error IMHO: you are installing an
>> automake release for the 1.11.x, so its manpages get installed with a name
>> like "automake-1.11".  This has been true for the various past automake
>> releases as well.
> 
> I wouldn't object against 1.11, but it installs as 1.11.1
>
Yes, but the last `.1' in `man1/automake-1.11.1' etc. is just the file extension
for a man page in section 1 (i.e., "general commands"); it is not meant to be
part of the automake version number :-)

Regards,
  Stefano

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