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diff man page subjects are gone in apropos(1)

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Subject: bug#39769: closed (Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#39769: diff man page
 subjects are gone in apropos(1))
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 04:58:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#39769: diff man page subjects are gone in apropos(1)

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 39769 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 39769-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#39769: diff man page subjects are gone in
 apropos(1)
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 21:56:52 -0700

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On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 8:06 AM 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> wrote:
> Because of non-standard formatting, the man page subjects are gone in apropos(1).
>
> $ apropos diff|grep ^diff
> diff (1)             - (unknown subject)
> diff (1posix)        - compare two files
> diff3 (1)            - (unknown subject)
> diffpp (1)           - pretty-print diff outputs with GNU enscript
> difftime (3)         - calculate time difference

Thank you for reporting that!
Pretty sure it's fixed via the attached:

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: diff man page subjects are gone in apropos(1)
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 23:02:10 +0800

Because of non-standard formatting, the man page subjects are gone in apropos(1).

$ apropos diff|grep ^diff
diff (1)             - (unknown subject)
diff (1posix)        - compare two files
diff3 (1)            - (unknown subject)
diffpp (1)           - pretty-print diff outputs with GNU enscript
difftime (3)         - calculate time difference

$ aptitude show diffutils
Package: diffutils
Version: 1:3.7-3

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