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Error in 'diff3' man page

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Jamie Landeg Jones <jamie <at> dyslexicfish.net>
Subject: bug#16228: closed (Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#16228: Error in
 'diff3' man page)
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 22:44:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#16228: Error in 'diff3' man page

which was filed against the diffutils package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 16228 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Jamie Landeg Jones <jamie <at> dyslexicfish.net>
Cc: 16228-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#16228: Error in 'diff3' man page
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 14:43:14 -0800

tags 16228 notabug
close 16228
thanks

As I mentioned on bug-gnu-utils, this appears not to be a problem
when using a recent upstream release.

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From: Jamie Landeg Jones <jamie <at> dyslexicfish.net>
To: bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org
Cc: jamie <at> dyslexicfish.net
Subject: Error in 'diff3' man page
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2013 10:41:45 +0000

-- (This was originally posted to bug-gnu-utils as described here:
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-- https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/manual/html_node/Bugs.html
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-- )

Most obsessive/pedantic/picky PR of the year goes to me, with:

The man page for diff3(1) refers to 'info diff' instead of
'info diff3'

>> How-To-Repeat:

% man diff3

Compare the similarity of the end of this page with the end of the
'man diff' page.

Both refer to 'info diff' for more information, but if you compare
the results of 'info diff' and 'info diff3' you'll clearly see that
the man page for diff3 should be referencing 'info diff3'.

Cheers, Jamie

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