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Dash instead of two hyphens in manual

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#59262: closed (Re: bug#59262: Dash instead of two hyphens in
 manual)
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 03:13:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#59262: Dash instead of two hyphens in manual

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 59262-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59262: Dash instead of two hyphens in manual
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2022 19:11:58 -0800

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Thanks for reporting that. Fixed by installing the attached. This should 
propagate to the web pages after the next release.

[0001-build-update-gnulib-submodule-to-latest.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

[0002-doc-fix-markup.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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From: Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Cc: Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Dash instead of two hyphens in manual
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2022 19:23:23 +0100

Hello.

I have found a minor bug in the manual.

In the entry descriptions of the menu at the bottom of 'Common options'[1] 
there are 6 long option names preceded by a dash instead of two hyphens 
('â@Sblock-size' instead of '--block-size', etc).

Maybe those option names should be inserted in an @option or @code command?

[1] http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/Common-options.html

Thanks,
Antonio.

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