GNU bug report logs - #11020
man page Tail : last -> most recent?

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Gijs Hillenius <gijs <at> hillenius.net>

Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:46:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 11020-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Gijs Hillenius <gijs <at> hillenius.net>
Cc: 11020-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11020: man page Tail : last -> most recent?
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:22:00 -0700

On 03/16/2012 12:14 AM, Gijs Hillenius wrote:
> I figured "most recent" would clearify that in a brief manner, but it
> does not either.

Yes, it's hard to write clear and brief usage messages
and sometimes there just isn't any good solution.
Anyway, I'm closing out this bug report for now.
This bug report was last modified 13 years and 128 days ago.

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