Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 22:20:18 -0400 (EDT) From: sjr@home.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: docs/7912: cvs.1 man page appears to have some inaccurate information Message-ID: <199809130220.WAA14876@istari.home.net>
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>Number: 7912 >Category: docs >Synopsis: The cvs.1 man page misstates -v output >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Sep 12 19:30:01 PDT 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Stephen J. Roznowski >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386 >Environment: >Description: The cvs.1 man page states that you can use "cvs -v" to see the compiled in paths. It does not appear to work that way. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: This patch deletes the references from the man page. --- contrib/cvs/man/cvs.1.orig Sat Sep 12 22:14:16 1998 +++ contrib/cvs/man/cvs.1 Sat Sep 12 22:16:25 1998 @@ -2063,9 +2063,7 @@ .` "cvs \-d \fIcvsroot cvs_command\fP\|.\|.\|." You may not need to set .SM CVSROOT -if your \fBcvs\fP binary has the right path compiled in; use -.` "cvs \-v" -to display all compiled-in paths. +if your \fBcvs\fP binary has the right path compiled in. .TP .SM CVSREAD If this is set, @@ -2083,8 +2081,7 @@ .BR co ( 1 ) and .BR ci ( 1 ). -If not set, a compiled-in value is used; see the display from -.` "cvs \-v". +If not set, a compiled-in value is used. .TP .SM CVSEDITOR Specifies the program to use for recording log messages during >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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