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>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #19 received at 47324 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: L A Walsh <gnu <at> tlinx.org>, 47324 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de, wharms <at> bfs.de
Subject: Re: bug#47324: Missing information in documentation
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 08:05:35 -0700

On 3/25/21 6:49 AM, L A Walsh wrote:
>     If languages such as python and perl can document their usage
> in manpages, certainly gnu could be as helpful.

You must be joking. Python and Perl are not fully documented in 
manpages. Most free-software projects treat manpages the way the Gnu 
project does, or don't even bother with manpages.
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