FS#57280 - [diffoscope] Empty man page
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Opened by Victor Engmark (l0b0) - Monday, 29 January 2018, 21:06 GMT
Last edited by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 04:24 GMT
Opened by Victor Engmark (l0b0) - Monday, 29 January 2018, 21:06 GMT
Last edited by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 04:24 GMT
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Details
Description: `man diffoscope` shows an empty man page.
Additional info: * package versions: diffoscope 90-1, man-db 2.7.6.1-3 Steps to reproduce: 1. Install diffoscope 1. Run `man diffoscope` (without the backticks) |
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Closed by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz)
Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 04:24 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: diffoscope 90-2
Tuesday, 30 January 2018, 04:24 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: diffoscope 90-2
This is due to using pipelines without pipefail, which is not guaranteed to exist anyway unless you actually use `SHELL = /bin/bash` in your Makefile.
tl;dr
If you don't understand what something is referring to, blindly installing software won't help. If your intent was to fork the repository package and rebuild it with local modifications so you will have the manpage while waiting for this bug to be fixed, then you have forgotten the final step: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Build_System#Why_would_I_want_to_use_ABS.3F