Re: [Bug-tar] Problems in tar.1

[Eric S. Raymond]

Paul Eggert <address@hidden>:
> On 06/12/2018 12:16 PM, address@hidden wrote:
> > Note: These patches do not change the modification date of
> > any manual page.  You may wish to do that by hand.
> > 
> > ...
> > -.TH TAR 1 "March 23, 2016" "TAR" "GNU TAR Manual"
> > +.TH TAR 1 "May 15, 2018" "TAR" "GNU TAR Manual"
> 
> The "Note:" is a bit puzzling, as the patch you sent does change the
> modification date. Anyway, thanks for the bug report. I installed the
> following patch and it should fix the problem you mentioned.
> 
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/tar.git/commit/?id=e81c89ddd6163d0563f5e6cc358ee0ab8bf5021a

Patch was probably stale.  It happens occasionally.  Thanks for the
heads-up.
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