GNU bug report logs - #6383
cat has misleading documentation

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: "Chas. Owens" <chas.owens <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 14:31:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Fixed in version 8.6

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: "Chas. Owens" <chas.owens <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 6383 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#6383: [PATCH] cat: improve documentation
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:56:41 -0600

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On 06/09/2010 11:25 AM, Chas. Owens wrote:

[please don't top-post on technical forums]

> That would work as well.  I suggested removing the "all" because it
> was the simplest solution and would move the text closer to what BSD
> uses, but this spells out the behavior explicitly.
> 
> On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 13:17, Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com> wrote:
>> * src/cat.c (usage): Clarify that -b overrides -n.
>> * doc/coreutils.texi (cat invocation): Likewise.
>> * THANKS: Update.
>> Suggested by Chas. Owens, in bug 6383.

No other comments, so I went ahead and pushed the patch.

Thanks again for the report!

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Eric Blake   eblake <at> redhat.com    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org


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