tags 512709 fixed-upstream thanks On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org> wrote: > Package: manpages-dev > Version: 3.16-1 > Severity: normal > Tags: patch > > Hi, > > In isalpha.3 there's a typo: > > > diff --git a/man3/isalpha.3 b/man3/isalpha.3 > index 4dbd35b..1fc3c44 100644 > --- a/man3/isalpha.3 > +++ b/man3/isalpha.3 > @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ and is also an SVr4 extension. > .BR isblank () > conforms to POSIX.1-2001 and C99 7.4.1.3. > POSIX.1-2008 marks > -.BR isalpa () > +.BR isalpha () > as obsolete. > .SH NOTES > The details of what characters belong into which class depend on the current > > > But then I was a bit surprised by the comment that isalpha is obsolete, > so went and checked POSIX.1-2008 and couldn't find any reference to this: > > > <http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/xrat/V4_xsh_chap01.html#tag_23_01_01_04> > <http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/isalpha.html> > > So the following might be more appropriate instead? > > > diff --git a/man3/isalpha.3 b/man3/isalpha.3 > index 4dbd35b..7cd1be2 100644 > --- a/man3/isalpha.3 > +++ b/man3/isalpha.3 > @@ -165,9 +165,6 @@ is a BSD extension > and is also an SVr4 extension. > .BR isblank () > conforms to POSIX.1-2001 and C99 7.4.1.3. > -POSIX.1-2008 marks > -.BR isalpa () > -as obsolete. > .SH NOTES > The details of what characters belong into which class depend on the current > locale.
In fact the real problem here is that it should say that isascii() is obsolete, not isalpa(). Fixed for 3.18. Thanks, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git man-pages online: http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online_pages.html Found a bug? http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
