On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 10:25:24AM +0100, Jonny Lamb wrote: > Package: xsltproc > Version: 1.1.24-2 > Severity: minor > Tags: patch > > If there is no output to xsltproc's invocation, it does not create the > file specified in the -o argument. Therefore, these two calls are > different: > > xsltproc -o foo [...] > > xsltproc [...] > foo > > because in the case of xsltproc having no output, the former will not > even create the file "foo", whereas of course the latter will create > an empty file. > > The man page does not mention this behaviour. I have attached a patch > to add mention of it to the manpage. I'm welcome for my wording and/or > nroff to be fixed as you see fit.
Actually, a patch to the docbook xml in doc/xsltproc.xml would be more useful ;) I'll see what I can do from your suggested nroff patch, anyways. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org