This was in fact fixed in groff 1.22.3, which is in Ubuntu 15.04 and newer:
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?42968 http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/groff.git/commit/?id=19f60d9e88208633350987f148396fe1376b76bf ** Bug watch added: GNU Savannah Bug Tracker #42968 http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?42968 ** Package changed: openssh (Ubuntu) => groff (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: groff (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to openssh in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1039470 Title: 'man sftp' shows a wrong creation date Status in groff package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: 'man sftp' shows in the last row "August 21, 2012". I expect that 'man sftp' will show the creation date of this manual page and not the current date. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: openssh-client 1:5.9p1-5ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic 3.2.24 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Aug 21 07:36:55 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110426) RelatedPackageVersions: ssh-askpass N/A libpam-ssh N/A keychain 2.7.1-1 ssh-askpass-gnome 1:5.9p1-5ubuntu1 SSHClientVersion: OpenSSH_5.9p1 Debian-5ubuntu1, OpenSSL 1.0.1 14 Mar 2012 SourcePackage: openssh UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-05-15 (97 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/groff/+bug/1039470/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
