Package: util-linux
Version: 2.16.2-0
Severity: normal
Since tac and rev reverse a file but in different ways, I suggest that
the rev manpage should refer to tac (also vice-versa, see bug#568708)
I propose the attached patch.
- Jim Van Zandt
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500,
'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.31 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages util-linux depends on:
ii dpkg 1.15.5.6 Debian package management system
ii initscripts 2.87dsf-8 scripts for initializing and shutt
ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-5 Manage installed documentation in
ii libblkid1 2.16.1-4 block device id library
ii libc6 2.10.2-5 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii libncurses5 5.7+20090803-2 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libselinux1 2.0.88-1 SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii libuuid1 2.16.2-0 Universally Unique ID library
ii lsb-base 3.2-23 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip
ii tzdata 2009p-1 time zone and daylight-saving time
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime
util-linux recommends no packages.
Versions of packages util-linux suggests:
ii console-tools 1:0.2.3dbs-68 Linux console and font utilities
ii dosfstools 3.0.6-1 utilities for making and checking
pn util-linux-locales <none> (no description available)
-- no debconf information
--- text-utils/rev.1.orig 2010-02-06 21:14:11.000000000 -0500
+++ text-utils/rev.1 2010-02-06 21:15:29.000000000 -0500
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\" Modified for Linux by Charles Hannum (mycr...@gnu.ai.mit.edu)
.\" and Brian Koehmstedt (b...@gnu.ai.mit.edu)
.\"
-.Dd March 21, 1992
+.Dd February 6, 2010
.Dt REV 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -51,3 +51,5 @@
.Sh AVAILABILITY
The rev command is part of the util-linux-ng package and is available from
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux-ng/.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+\fBtac\fP(1).
