Bug#324670: marked as forwarded (funny usage message)
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has caused the Debian Bug report #324670,
regarding funny usage message
to be marked as having been forwarded to the upstream software
author(s) Thomas Esser <te@dbs.uni-hannover.de>, Mark Wicks <mwicks@kettering.edu>.
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To: Thomas Esser <te@dbs.uni-hannover.de>, Mark Wicks <mwicks@kettering.edu>
Cc: 324670-forwarded@bugs.debian.org, Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com>
Subject: Re: Bug#324670: funny usage message
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Hi Thomas, hi Mark,
a Debian user has reported a funny bug in the usage message of ebb.
I've already fixed it for Debian, here's the patch. It also fixes the
manpage I wrote (better information about the -b switch).
Robert Millan <rmh@aybabtu.com> wrote:
> Package: tetex-bin
> Version: 2.0.2-31
> Severity: minor
>
> rmh@orthanc:~$ ebb -h 2>&1| grep ^Usage
> Usage: [-v] [-b] ebb [files]
>
> Parameters before the actual command? :)
--- texk/dvipdfm/ebb.c.orig 2005-08-23 14:34:21.801788036 +0200
+++ texk/dvipdfm/ebb.c 2005-08-23 14:34:21.845783095 +0200
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
fprintf (stderr, "ebb comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.\n");
fprintf (stderr, "This is free software, and you are welcome to redistri=
bute it\n");
fprintf (stderr, "under certain conditions. Details are distributed wit=
h the software.\n");
- fprintf (stderr, "\nUsage: [-v] [-b] ebb [files]\n");
+ fprintf (stderr, "\nUsage: ebb [-v] [-b] [files]\n");
fprintf (stderr, "\t-b\t\tWrite .bb file in binary mode\n");
fprintf (stderr, "\t-v\t\tVerbose\n");
exit(1);
--- texk/dvipdfm/ebb.1.orig 2005-08-23 14:34:21.803787811 +0200
+++ texk/dvipdfm/ebb.1 2005-08-23 14:35:21.043134454 +0200
@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@
.HP
\fB\-v\fR : be verbose
.HP
-\fB\-b\fR : Write .bb file in binary mode
+\fB\-b\fR : Write .bb file in binary mode (has no effect on Linux and
+other systems conforming to POSIX).
.HP
-.SH "BUGS"=20
-.PP=20
-I cannot find a difference between binary and standard .bb files\&.
.PP=20
.SH "AUTHOR"=20
.PP=20
Regards, Frank
--=20
Frank K=FCster
Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Z=FCrich
Debian Developer
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