Paul Eggert <egg...@cs.ucla.edu>: > On 06/12/2018 12:16 PM, e...@thyrsus.com wrote: > > Note: These patches do not change the modification date of > > any manual page. You may wish to do that by hand. > > > > ... > > -.TH TAR 1 "March 23, 2016" "TAR" "GNU TAR Manual" > > +.TH TAR 1 "May 15, 2018" "TAR" "GNU TAR Manual" > > The "Note:" is a bit puzzling, as the patch you sent does change the > modification date. Anyway, thanks for the bug report. I installed the > following patch and it should fix the problem you mentioned. > > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=e81c89ddd6163d0563f5e6cc358ee0ab8bf5021a
Patch was probably stale. It happens occasionally. Thanks for the heads-up. -- <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a> My work is funded by the Internet Civil Engineering Institute: https://icei.org Please visit their site and donate: the civilization you save might be your own.