Subject: bin/11192: su(1) has incorrect HISTORY
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <kre@munnari.OZ.AU>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/10/2000 22:18:17
>Number: 11192
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: The HISTORY entru in su(1) is incorrect
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue Oct 10 22:18:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Robert Elz
>Release: NetBSD-current 2000-10-08 (and NetBSD-1.4.1 and others)
>Organization:
University of Melbourne
>Environment:
System: NetBSD mundamutti.cs.mu.OZ.AU 1.4.2 NetBSD 1.4.2 (MUNDAMUTTI) #0: Fri Apr 21 23:50:43 EST 2000 kre-csh@mundamutti.cs.mu.OZ.AU:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/MUNDAMUTTI sparc
>Description:
man su says ...
HISTORY
A su command appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.
That's wrong, su is much older than 7th edition.
>How-To-Repeat:
read the man page for su(1)...
>Fix:
Here's a patch (editing by hand is probably easier...)
--- su.1.ORIG Thu May 11 05:04:36 2000
+++ su.1 Wed Oct 11 15:27:31 2000
@@ -227,5 +227,6 @@
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Nm
-command appeared in
-.At v7 .
+command existed in
+.At v5
+(and probably earlier).
The man macros should also be updated so that .At v7 (etc)
say "7th Edition AT&T UNIX" rather than "Version 7 AT&T Unix".
Nth edition is the correct terminology (v7 is just shorthand).
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: