296989 – sys-apps/module-init-tools-3.5: modprobe man page says "<module>.option>"

Bug 296989 - sys-apps/module-init-tools-3.5: modprobe man page says "<module>.option>"

Summary: sys-apps/module-init-tools-3.5: modprobe man page says "<module>.option>"

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	AMD64 Linux

Importance:	High trivial
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

URL:	file:///usr/share/man/man8/modprobe.8...
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Reported:	2009-12-15 05:30 UTC by Erik
Modified:	2009-12-15 11:33 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Erik 2009-12-15 05:30:45 UTC

The file /usr/share/man/man8/modprobe.8.bz2 from sys-apps/module-init-tools-3.5 has the sentence "modprobe will also use module options specified on the kernel command line in the form of <module>.option>.", where the < and > characters seem to be used as some kind of parentheses (instead of their usual mathematical meanings). But then one of the > is unmatched.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Alt+F2
2. man:modprobe
3. ENTER

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2009-12-15 10:44:39 UTC

this is already fixed in newer versions

Comment 2 Erik 2009-12-15 11:33:00 UTC

It does not seem to be fixed in sys-apps/module-init-tools-3.6-r1 (and newer versions require unmasking more packages; baselayout-2).