Bug 177826

Summary:	sys-apps/coreutils manpages incomplete/different from other distros
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Heiko Baumann <heiko>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	minor
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Heiko Baumann 2007-05-09 16:23:19 UTC

the manpages from coreutils are not complete.

in my case is searched for a way to run "du -sch" on a huge list of files without running into "Argument list too long". the man page of du(1) does not show the option --files0-from but "du --help" shows it.

i checked manpages from suse and centos and both are describing this option. after comparing the manpages i noticed that the manpages on suse and centos are nearly the same but the gentoo manpages are completely different.

"--files0-from" is not the only missing option. "--apparent-size" for example is also not present in the manpage.

however, the info page shows this options but its IMHO a little confusing because most users are first/only looking into manpages.


Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-05-09 17:13:30 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 105188 ***