GNU bug report logs - #47324
Missing information in documentation

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Walter Harms <wharms <at> bfs.de>

Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 16:46:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>

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From: L A Walsh <gnu <at> tlinx.org>
To: 47324 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de, wharms <at> bfs.de
Subject: bug#47324: Missing information in documentation
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 06:49:36 -0700

On 2021/03/22 15:21, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
>
> According to the GNU guidelines and to avoid double work, the man page of
> the coreutils is essentially not much more than the output of --help.
>   
---
   It sure would be nice if GNU would join the *nix family and
put full documentation in the manpage (as well as or in place of
putting it in 'info').

   If languages such as python and perl can document their usage
in manpages, certainly gnu could be as helpful.


-l
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