Ticket #11 (new defect)

Opened 3 years ago

Last modified 3 years ago

typo in manpage

Reported by: ogra Assigned to: pmatilai
Priority: minor Milestone:
Component: rpm Version: RPM Development
Keywords: Cc:

Description

there is a typo in the rpm.8 manpage (ubuntu carries a patch for that that should rather be upstream imho) 

diff -Naur rpm-4.4.2.3.orig/doc/rpm.8 rpm-4.4.2.3/doc/rpm.8
--- rpm-4.4.2.3.orig/doc/rpm.8  2008-04-01 03:28:22.000000000 -0400
+++ rpm-4.4.2.3/doc/rpm.8       2008-06-20 13:03:44.000000000 -0400
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
 Add suggested packages to the transaction set when needed.
 .TP
 \fB--allfiles\fR
-Installs or upgrades all the missingok files in the package,
+Installs or upgrades all the missing files in the package,
 regardless if they exist.
 .TP
 \fB--badreloc\fR

Change History

12/05/08 12:04:16 changed by pmatilai

It's not a typo, "missingok" has a special meaning in rpm (see http://docs.fedoraproject.org/drafts/rpm-guide-en/ch09s05.html#id2972655). The explanation of in the man page could be better, sure, but the "Installs or upgrades all the missing files in the package, regardless if they exist" sentence makes no sense at all.