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#10414
Wrong manpage name in automake 1.11.2
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Reported by: Dagobert Michelsen <dam <at> opencsw.org>
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:20:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Tags: notabug
Done: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini <at> gmail.com>
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Hi Stefano,
Am 01.01.2012 um 15:19 schrieb Stefano Lattarini:
> On 01/01/2012 03:11 PM, Dagobert Michelsen wrote:
>> 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 :-)
m-( <- Facepalm smiley. Please close the bug.
Best regards
-- Dago
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