Package: libc6 Version: 2.3.6.ds1-13 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hello, please document getent's exit codes in its manpage. After a short glimpse at the source of getent I found out following exit codes: 0 Success 1 Unknown database 2 Key not found in database 3 Database does not support enumeration I don't know though, whether this is complete and correct (please review). Nevertheless I worked out a patch for the manpage's source file getent.pod. After applying the patch a subsequent make is needed in order to rebuild the manpage itself. Thanks Micha
diff -Naur glibc-2.3.6.ds1.orig/debian/local/manpages/getent.pod glibc-2.3.6.ds1/debian/local/manpages/getent.pod --- glibc-2.3.6.ds1.orig/debian/local/manpages/getent.pod 2007-10-07 13:41:44.000000000 +0200 +++ glibc-2.3.6.ds1/debian/local/manpages/getent.pod 2007-10-07 13:40:52.912051163 +0200 @@ -13,6 +13,18 @@ Where I<database> is one of passwd, group, hosts, services, protocols, or networks. +=head1 EXIT VALUES + +The I<getent> command exits with the following values: + +B<0> Success + +B<1> Unknown database + +B<2> Key not found in database + +B<3> Database does not support enumeration + =head1 AUTHOR I<getent> was written by Thorsten Kukuk for the GNU C Library.
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