Re: [bug-mailutils] frm man page

[Jordi Mallach]

On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 10:59:29AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> $ man frm #frm (GNU Mailutils 0.4.1)
>    NAME
>           frm - manual page for frm (GNU Mailutils 0.4.1)
> We already know that.
> 
>    SYNOPSIS
>           frm.mailutils [OPTION...] [URL ...]
> 
>    DESCRIPTION
>           GNU frm -- display From: lines
> 
> Aren't you supposed to say that in NAME?

This manpage is autogenerated by help2man. It's the best compromise
Wojciech and I have found to the lack of manpages in many GNU projects
and the Debian requirement to ship them. I have no time to write (and
more importantly, maintain up to date) manpages for the tons of binaries
shipped with mailutils. These manpages simply give you a small overview
of what the program does and then directs you to the info docs.

> BTW, info frm just gets the man page on debian.

Of course, this clashes with what I just wrote. :)
I guess it's a bug in the texinfo document?

Jordi
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