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Bug 196171 - sys-apps/man-pages-2.65 - man renice does not give the correct man page
Summary: sys-apps/man-pages-2.65 - man renice does not give the correct man page
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High minor (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers
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Reported: 2007-10-17 14:01 UTC by alex
Modified: 2007-10-17 14:14 UTC (History)
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Description alex 2007-10-17 14:01:01 UTC
Typing "man renice" brings up a manual page installed from sys-apps/man-pages-2.65 that describes a parameter -n, meaning increment.  This man page is installed in /usr/share/man/man1/.

However, the version of renice installed as part of sys-apps/util-linux-2.12r-r8 does not support this parameter, as is evident by inspection of the source file util-linux-2.12r/sys-utils/renice.c.

Another, more accurate, manual page is installed by sys-apps/util-linux-2.12r-r8, but in /usr/share/man/man8/.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. $ man renice
Actual Results:  
A manual page appears, describing a parameter -n that is not supported.

Expected Results:  
A manual page to appear with an accurate description of the renice utility.

$ equery belongs `which renice`
[ Searching for file(s) /usr/bin/renice in *... ]
sys-apps/util-linux-2.12r-r8 (/usr/bin/renice)
$ equery belongs /usr/share/man/man1p/renice.1p.bz2 
[ Searching for file(s) /usr/share/man/man1p/renice.1p.bz2 in *... ]
sys-apps/man-pages-2.65 (/usr/share/man/man1p/renice.1p.bz2)
$ equery belongs /usr/share/man/man8/renice.8.bz2 
[ Searching for file(s) /usr/share/man/man8/renice.8.bz2 in *... ]
sys-apps/util-linux-2.12r-r8 (/usr/share/man/man8/renice.8.bz2)
Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-10-17 14:14:35 UTC
No -n in 2.66