Debian Bug report logs - #512709
manpages-dev: typo or wrong obsolete reference in isalpha

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: manpages-dev: typo or wrong obsolete reference in isalpha

Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:04:59 +0200

Package: manpages-dev
Version: 3.16-1
Severity: normal
Tags: patch

Hi,

In isalpha.3 there's a typo:


diff --git a/man3/isalpha.3 b/man3/isalpha.3
index 4dbd35b..1fc3c44 100644
--- a/man3/isalpha.3
+++ b/man3/isalpha.3
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ and is also an SVr4 extension.
 .BR isblank ()
 conforms to POSIX.1-2001 and C99 7.4.1.3.
 POSIX.1-2008 marks
-.BR isalpa ()
+.BR isalpha ()
 as obsolete.
 .SH NOTES
 The details of what characters belong into which class depend on the current


But then I was a bit surprised by the comment that isalpha is obsolete,
so went and checked POSIX.1-2008 and couldn't find any reference to this:

  <http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/xrat/V4_xsh_chap01.html#tag_23_01_01_04>
  <http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/isalpha.html>

So the following might be more appropriate instead?


diff --git a/man3/isalpha.3 b/man3/isalpha.3
index 4dbd35b..7cd1be2 100644
--- a/man3/isalpha.3
+++ b/man3/isalpha.3
@@ -165,9 +165,6 @@ is a BSD extension
 and is also an SVr4 extension.
 .BR isblank ()
 conforms to POSIX.1-2001 and C99 7.4.1.3.
-POSIX.1-2008 marks
-.BR isalpa ()
-as obsolete.
 .SH NOTES
 The details of what characters belong into which class depend on the current
 locale.


regards,
guillem

Message #10 received at 512709@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@googlemail.com>

To: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>, 512709@bugs.debian.org

Cc: control@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#512709: manpages-dev: typo or wrong obsolete reference in isalpha

Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:16:10 +1300

tags 512709 fixed-upstream
thanks

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> wrote:
> Package: manpages-dev
> Version: 3.16-1
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
>
> Hi,
>
> In isalpha.3 there's a typo:
>
>
> diff --git a/man3/isalpha.3 b/man3/isalpha.3
> index 4dbd35b..1fc3c44 100644
> --- a/man3/isalpha.3
> +++ b/man3/isalpha.3
> @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ and is also an SVr4 extension.
>  .BR isblank ()
>  conforms to POSIX.1-2001 and C99 7.4.1.3.
>  POSIX.1-2008 marks
> -.BR isalpa ()
> +.BR isalpha ()
>  as obsolete.
>  .SH NOTES
>  The details of what characters belong into which class depend on the current
>
>
> But then I was a bit surprised by the comment that isalpha is obsolete,
> so went and checked POSIX.1-2008 and couldn't find any reference to this:
>
>  <http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/xrat/V4_xsh_chap01.html#tag_23_01_01_04>
>  <http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/isalpha.html>
>
> So the following might be more appropriate instead?
>
>
> diff --git a/man3/isalpha.3 b/man3/isalpha.3
> index 4dbd35b..7cd1be2 100644
> --- a/man3/isalpha.3
> +++ b/man3/isalpha.3
> @@ -165,9 +165,6 @@ is a BSD extension
>  and is also an SVr4 extension.
>  .BR isblank ()
>  conforms to POSIX.1-2001 and C99 7.4.1.3.
> -POSIX.1-2008 marks
> -.BR isalpa ()
> -as obsolete.
>  .SH NOTES
>  The details of what characters belong into which class depend on the current
>  locale.

In fact the real problem here is that it should say that isascii() is
obsolete, not isalpa().  Fixed for 3.18.

Thanks,

Michael


-- 
Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git
man-pages online: http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online_pages.html
Found a bug? http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html

Message #17 received at 512709-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Joey Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>

To: 512709-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#512709: fixed in manpages 3.18-1

Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:17:58 +0000

Source: manpages
Source-Version: 3.18-1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
manpages, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

manpages-dev_3.18-1_all.deb
  to pool/main/m/manpages/manpages-dev_3.18-1_all.deb
manpages_3.18-1.dsc
  to pool/main/m/manpages/manpages_3.18-1.dsc
manpages_3.18-1.tar.gz
  to pool/main/m/manpages/manpages_3.18-1.tar.gz
manpages_3.18-1_all.deb
  to pool/main/m/manpages/manpages_3.18-1_all.deb



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 512709@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Joey Schulze <joey@infodrom.org> (supplier of updated manpages package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:01:15 +0200
Source: manpages
Binary: manpages manpages-dev
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.18-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Martin Schulze <joey@debian.org>
Changed-By: Joey Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>
Description: 
 manpages   - Manual pages about using a GNU/Linux system
 manpages-dev - Manual pages about using GNU/Linux for development
Closes: 512709 514043
Changes: 
 manpages (3.18-1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * New upstream release
     . Correction of fexecve(3) (closes: Bug#514043)
     . Obsolete isalpha(3) (closes: Bug#512709)
   * Avoid distribution pthread pages that are currently also provided by
     glibc-doc:
     . pthread_kill_other_threads_np(3)
     . pthread_sigmask(3)
     . pthread_kill(3)
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