GNU bug report logs - #43107
Errors in man pages

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Package: gzip;

Reported by: Helge Kreutzmann <debian <at> helgefjell.de>

Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 05:40:02 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 #14 received at 43107 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Helge Kreutzmann <debian <at> helgefjell.de>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 43107 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#43107: Errors in man pages
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2020 18:36:50 +0200

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Hello Paul,
On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 03:16:21PM -0700, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 8/30/20 3:14 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> > On 8/29/20 10:39 PM, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> >  > Man page: gzip.1 Issue: Wrong order of entries
> >  >
> >  > "znew(1), zcmp(1), zmore(1), zforce(1), gzexe(1), zip(1), unzip(1),"
> >  > "compress(1)"
> > 
> > In what senice is that the wrong order?
> 
> Sorry, meant to write "sense", not "senice".

If you read man-pages(7) you can find a section regarding SEE ALSO,
where a certain order is prescribed. This is what this comment refers
to.

Greetings

          Helge

         


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