Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i686
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i686'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i686-pc-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL
-DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../bash-3.2 -I../bash-3.2/include -I../bash-3.2/lib
-O2
uname output: Linux pcl321 2.6.20-i686 #3 SMP Fri Mar 23 15:31:48 CET 2007 i686
GNU/Linux
Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 3.2
Patch Level: 33
Release Status: release
Description:
(1) The bash.1 manpage suffers from a rather ugly formatting problem
due to a typo.
(2) I like the bash_builtins.1 manpage, which is, however, not installed
by the distributed Makefile.in. Unfortunately that manpage cannot be
displayed by all man browsers (man-db and possibly others as well).
Whereas AFAIK all man browsers understand ".so man1/bash.1" only some of
them understand ".so bash.1".
(3) It would be nice if the bash_builtins.1 manpage could be installed
without modifying Makefile.in (and without doing it manually), e.g., via
a configure option or a make variable specified on the make command
line.
Repeat-By:
(1) Say "man bash" and search for the paragraph starting with
"${parameter/pattern/string}" in the section "Parameter Expansion".
(2) Install bash_builtins.1 on a system using man-db (e.g., debian or
suse)
and try "man bash_builtins".
Fix:
For (1) and (2) apply these two patches.
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diff -ur -x configure bash-3.2.orig/doc/bash.1 bash-3.2/doc/bash.1
--- bash-3.2.orig/doc/bash.1 2006-10-03 14:54:26.000000000 +0200
+++ bash-3.2/doc/bash.1 2008-01-15 19:44:43.000000000 +0100
@@ -2539,7 +2539,7 @@
pathname expansion.
\fIParameter\fP is expanded and the longest match of \fIpattern\fP
against its value is replaced with \fIstring\fP.
-If \Ipattern\fP begins with \fB/\fP, all matches of \fIpattern\fP are
+If \fIpattern\fP begins with \fB/\fP, all matches of \fIpattern\fP are
replaced with \fIstring\fP. Normally only the first match is replaced.
If \fIpattern\fP begins with \fB#\fP, it must match at the beginning
of the expanded value of \fIparameter\fP.
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diff -ur bash-3.2.orig/doc/builtins.1 bash-3.2/doc/builtins.1
--- bash-3.2.orig/doc/builtins.1 2004-05-24 16:19:55.000000000 +0200
+++ bash-3.2/doc/builtins.1 2007-03-28 22:20:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
ulimit, umask, unalias, unset, wait \- bash built-in commands, see
\fBbash\fR(1)
.SH BASH BUILTIN COMMANDS
.nr zZ 1
-.so bash.1
+.so man1/bash.1
.SH SEE ALSO
bash(1), sh(1)
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It would be nice if something could be done about (3).
