From unknown Thu Jun 19 14:10:44 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#19228 <19228@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#19228 <19228@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: Challenging output from "help2man split" Reply-To: bug#19228 <19228@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 21:10:44 +0000 retitle 19228 Challenging output from "help2man split" reassign 19228 coreutils submitter 19228 "Kevin O'Gorman" severity 19228 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sun Nov 30 12:06:57 2014 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Nov 2014 17:06:57 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50094 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xv7xY-0007dr-KC for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 12:06:56 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:38089) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xv7xW-0007dj-UZ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 12:06:55 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xv7xV-0002tj-Us for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 12:06:54 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM, HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_16,HTML_MESSAGE,T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:55663) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xv7xV-0002tf-Rm for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 12:06:53 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39769) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xv7xS-000068-OM for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 12:06:53 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xv7xO-0002ro-1M for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 12:06:50 -0500 Received: from mail-qg0-x22e.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c04::22e]:47774) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xv7xA-0002oR-Qv; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 12:06:32 -0500 Received: by mail-qg0-f46.google.com with SMTP id z107so6485563qgd.19 for ; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 09:06:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=Ox//mqRnpYGCWMAwcT8l9fzTwV5U3anAguSPtr9htcE=; b=U1Husqx5U75HLfWMFsr+mY5CsuSmG8yoFUXEM7QR+JdW8ol67Vf2ERWpl1hrD4aJvX cN/CgppLumuH/aNjWWaH64aoS6FH3Qc/EZz9mDsF0GnPO0E0wjxS0SQXqNlBd3pfNTHX Yf3M9324f97pkDI8NGP0GWX6uUMOQghsIP/wILL4gsUZEgToRyvk0+qJpvXFIODsi368 0MV/oAzJvLB4+3Tbc/Q/7vkBP/YFAT6qJvETfNRA/J3RQolugf0Hm6cjbesfD63yxH0k q/sgwjMRM2frjg25l+jZ/6xsz4jQhBJlc0Vsgi/kpeZJum7II8Mx3OpxkiDbch0JXdIn Cm6w== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.140.48.233 with SMTP id o96mr79319149qga.47.1417367192223; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 09:06:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.141.18.2 with HTTP; Sun, 30 Nov 2014 09:06:32 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 09:06:32 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Challenging output from "help2man split" From: "Kevin O'Gorman" To: bug-help2man@gnu.org, bug-coreutils@gnu.org Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary=001a11351a2a0248200509168446 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -3.0 (---) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.0 (---) --001a11351a2a0248200509168446 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11351a2a0248120509168445 --001a11351a2a0248120509168445 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 This is sent to the bug addresses for both help2man and split because I'm not sure where the fault lies. Both are GNU projects, so I hope you can cooperate and figure it out. In any event, the output of "help2man split" loses some line breaks and makes an itemized list somewhat hard to understand. This is the portion that begins "CHUNKS may be:" I'm an Xubuntu user, and this output is the man page we get. I expect the same is true of some or all debian-based distros, and perhaps others as well. -- Kevin O'Gorman #define QUESTION ((bb) || (!bb)) /* Shakespeare */ Please consider the environment before printing this email. --001a11351a2a0248120509168445 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
This is sent to the bug addresses for both help2man a= nd split because I'm not sure where the fault lies.=C2=A0 Both are GNU = projects, so I hope you can cooperate and figure it out.

In an= y event, the output of "help2man split" loses some line breaks an= d makes an itemized list somewhat hard to understand.=C2=A0 This is the por= tion that begins "CHUNKS may be:"

I'm an Xubuntu user,= and this output is the man page we get.=C2=A0 I expect the same is true of= some or all debian-based distros, and perhaps others as well.

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#define QUESTION ((bb) || (!bb))=C2=A0=C2= =A0 /* Shakespeare */

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Both are GNU projects, so I hope you can cooperate and figure it out. > > In any event, the output of "help2man split" loses some line breaks and makes an itemized list somewhat hard to understand. This is the portion that begins "CHUNKS may be:" > > I'm an Xubuntu user, and this output is the man page we get. I expect the same is true of some or all debian-based distros, and perhaps others as well. Yes we should improve this. with the following simple patch we get better output in the man page, though there are extraneous newlines then. I'll look at improving further. thanks, Pádraig. diff --git a/src/split.c b/src/split.c index 0eec3ec..0057267 100644 --- a/src/split.c +++ b/src/split.c @@ -234,12 +234,12 @@ is -, read standard input.\n\ emit_size_note (); fputs (_("\n\ CHUNKS may be:\n\ -N split into N files based on size of input\n\ -K/N output Kth of N to stdout\n\ -l/N split into N files without splitting lines\n\ -l/K/N output Kth of N to stdout without splitting lines\n\ -r/N like 'l' but use round robin distribution\n\ -r/K/N likewise but only output Kth of N to stdout\n\ + N split into N files based on size of input\n\ + K/N output Kth of N to stdout\n\ + l/N split into N files without splitting lines\n\ + l/K/N output Kth of N to stdout without splitting lines\n\ + r/N like 'l' but use round robin distribution\n\ + r/K/N likewise but only output Kth of N to stdout\n\ "), stdout); emit_ancillary_info (PROGRAM_NAME); } From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Dec 31 07:06:07 2014 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 Dec 2014 12:06:07 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33321 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Y6I2Q-0006Qf-VC for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 31 Dec 2014 07:06:07 -0500 Received: from mail2.vodafone.ie ([213.233.128.44]:13141) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Y6I2M-0006Q9-Iw; Wed, 31 Dec 2014 07:06:03 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AncPAADmo1RtTG4b/2dsb2JhbABcgwaCTYETT2qIH6tYkXSCTwKBBhYBAQEBAX2EDQEFGQpmCw0NAgUWCwICCQMCAQIBRQYBDAgBAYgsAbIdhWmOfAEBCAIggSGOXYJogUEFnSKLNiKDbj6CdAEBAQ Received: from unknown (HELO localhost.localdomain) ([109.76.110.27]) by mail2.vodafone.ie with ESMTP; 31 Dec 2014 12:06:00 +0000 Message-ID: <54A3E6A8.8010801@draigBrady.com> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 12:06:00 +0000 From: =?UTF-8?B?UMOhZHJhaWcgQnJhZHk=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kevin O'Gorman , 19476@debbugs.gnu.org, bug-help2man@gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#19476: Poor output from "help2man split" References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) forcemerge 19228 19476 stop From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Dec 31 12:31:02 2014 Received: (at 19228) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 Dec 2014 17:31:02 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33885 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Y6N6r-0001M7-IC for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 31 Dec 2014 12:31:01 -0500 Received: from mail2.vodafone.ie ([213.233.128.44]:1085) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Y6N6o-0001Lv-QI for 19228@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 31 Dec 2014 12:31:00 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AsMJAGYypFRtTG4b/2dsb2JhbABcgwaBKoEjgRNPySYCgQYWAQEBAQF9hA0BBSMPAUYQCw0LAgIFFggDAgIJAwIBAgE0EQYNAQUCAQGILAGzK4Vpjn0BAQgBAQEBAR2BIY5WB4JogUEFnSKLNiKDbj4xgkMBAQE Received: from unknown (HELO localhost.localdomain) ([109.76.110.27]) by mail2.vodafone.ie with ESMTP; 31 Dec 2014 17:30:57 +0000 Message-ID: <54A432D0.7020502@draigBrady.com> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 17:30:56 +0000 From: =?UTF-8?B?UMOhZHJhaWcgQnJhZHk=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kevin O'Gorman Subject: Re: bug#19476: Poor output from "help2man split" References: <54A3E6A8.8010801@draigBrady.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 19228 Cc: bug-help2man@gnu.org, 19228@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) On 31/12/14 15:32, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 4:06 AM, Pádraig Brady > wrote: > > forcemerge 19228 19476 > stop > > > I have no clue what that means. Just merging with the same issue you raised a month ago. I'll have it improved for the upcoming release. thanks, Pádraig From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Jan 01 13:12:19 2015 Received: (at 19228-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Jan 2015 18:12:19 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34609 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Y6kEM-0007vh-Vs for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 01 Jan 2015 13:12:19 -0500 Received: from mail2.vodafone.ie ([213.233.128.44]:38198) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Y6kEK-0007vZ-Mi for 19228-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 01 Jan 2015 13:12:17 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: ArEHAIKNpVRtTtHJ/2dsb2JhbABcgwaCTYETT8ZPgk8CgQUWAQEBAQF9hAwBAQEDASMPAUsLCw0LAgIFFgsCAgkDAgECAUUGAQwIAQGIIAwBsGGFaY4pAQsggSGOXYJogUEBBJ0iizYig24+gnQBAQE Received: from unknown (HELO localhost.localdomain) ([109.78.209.201]) by mail2.vodafone.ie with ESMTP; 01 Jan 2015 18:12:14 +0000 Message-ID: <54A58DFD.4000806@draigBrady.com> Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 18:12:13 +0000 From: =?UTF-8?B?UMOhZHJhaWcgQnJhZHk=?= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kevin O'Gorman , bug-help2man@gnu.org, 19228-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#19228: Challenging output from "help2man split" References: <547B54F5.2050905@draigBrady.com> In-Reply-To: <547B54F5.2050905@draigBrady.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 19228-done X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) On 30/11/14 17:33, Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 30/11/14 17:06, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: >> This is sent to the bug addresses for both help2man and split because I'm not sure where the fault lies. Both are GNU projects, so I hope you can cooperate and figure it out. >> >> In any event, the output of "help2man split" loses some line breaks and makes an itemized list somewhat hard to understand. This is the portion that begins "CHUNKS may be:" >> >> I'm an Xubuntu user, and this output is the man page we get. I expect the same is true of some or all debian-based distros, and perhaps others as well. > > Yes we should improve this. with the following simple patch > we get better output in the man page, I've now pushed that and marking this as done. > though there are extraneous newlines then I'm not sure if tighter formatting is possible or appropriate for man pages. thanks, Pádraig. From unknown Thu Jun 19 14:10:44 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. 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