tags f434770 fixed-upstream thanks Already fixed in upstream 2.61.
Sebastien Bacher wrote: > Package: manpages > Version: 2.60-1 > > The bug has been reported on > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/manpages/+bug/62396 > > "Binary package hint: manpages-dev > > manpage-dev 2.34-1, in /usr/share/man/man3/scanf.3.gz, where it says: > > "If the next item of input does not match the the conversion > specification, the conversion fails — this is a matching failure." > > I think it should say: > > "If the next item of input does not match the conversion specification, > the conversion fails — this is a matching failure." > > (Note the extra "the" in the original version)" > > Mateusz Drozdzynski send a patch on the Ubuntu bug, I'm attaching the > code change to the report > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > --- manpages-2.34.orig/man3/scanf.3 > +++ manpages-2.34/man3/scanf.3 > @@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ > this specification, and the result is placed in the corresponding > .I pointer > argument. > -If the next item of input does not match the the conversion specification, > +If the next item of input does not match the conversion specification, > the conversion fails \(em this is a > .IR "matching failure" . > .PP > -- Michael Kerrisk maintainer of Linux man pages Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7 Want to help with man page maintenance? Grab the latest tarball at http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/manpages/ read the HOWTOHELP file and grep the source files for 'FIXME'. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
