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bin/46102: The banner(1) manpage, as well as the program's `usage' line, could use improvement
>Number: 46102
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: The banner(1) manpage, as well as the program's `usage' line,
>could use improvement
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sun Feb 26 19:55:00 +0000 2012
>Originator: Bug Hunting
>Release: NetBSD-current (6.99.3)
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
The banner(1) manpage and the program's `usage' line are inconsistent.
Also, the manpage could use an `EXIT STATUS' section.
>How-To-Repeat:
"man 1 banner" (show the manpage);
(e.g.) "banner -q" (print the `usage'-line, using a non-existent option).
>Fix:
Apply the following proposed patch (the MD5-sum of this patch is
d43fb8307c9ae07d0b486ab46495c242, please verify it before applying;
please also update the date in the `.Dd' macro when needed):
Index: usr.bin/banner/banner.1
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/usr.bin/banner/banner.1,v
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -r1.7 banner.1
--- usr.bin/banner/banner.1 30 Sep 2002 09:33:39 -0000 1.7
+++ usr.bin/banner/banner.1 26 Feb 2012 19:12:02 -0000
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
.\" Please send copies of changes and bug-fixes to:
.\" sjg%zen.void.oz.au@localhost
.\"
-.Dd April 9, 1995
+.Dd February 26, 2012
.Dt BANNER 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Bk -words
-.Op Fl f Ar fg
+.Op Fl b Ar bg
.Ek
.Bk -words
-.Op Fl b Ar bg
+.Op Fl f Ar fg
.Ek
.Bk -words
.Op Fl l
@@ -63,5 +63,7 @@
.Nm
font.
.El
+.Sh EXIT STATUS
+.Ex -std
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr banner 6
Index: usr.bin/banner/banner.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/usr.bin/banner/banner.c,v
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -r1.13 banner.c
--- usr.bin/banner/banner.c 29 Aug 2011 14:24:03 -0000 1.13
+++ usr.bin/banner/banner.c 26 Feb 2012 19:12:02 -0000
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
static void
usage(void)
{
- fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s [-f fgchar] [-b bgchar] [-l] message...\n",
+ fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s [-b bg] [-f fg] [-l] string ...\n",
getprogname());
exit(1);
}
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