The following reply was made to PR bin/31068; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jukka Salmi <j+nbsd@2005.salmi.ch>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: zafer@gmx.org
Subject: Re: bin/31068: whatis doesn't find /bin/[
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 13:46:25 +0200

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 zafer@gmx.org wrote:
 > >Number:         31068
 > >Category:       bin
 > >Synopsis:       whatis doesn't find /bin/[
 
 The attached patch should fix the problem.
 
 Cheers, Jukka
 
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 Index: usr.bin/whatis/whatis.c
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 RCS file: /cvsroot/src/usr.bin/whatis/whatis.c,v
 retrieving revision 1.19
 diff -u -p -r1.19 whatis.c
 --- usr.bin/whatis/whatis.c	5 Nov 2004 19:54:47 -0000	1.19
 +++ usr.bin/whatis/whatis.c	25 Aug 2005 11:44:01 -0000
 @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ match(bp, str)
  	if (!*str || !*bp)
  		return(0);
  	for (len = strlen(str);;) {
 -		for (; *bp && !isalnum((unsigned char)*bp); ++bp);
 +		for (; *bp && *bp != '[' && !isalnum((unsigned char)*bp); ++bp);
  		if (!*bp)
  			break;
  		for (start = bp++;
 
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