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Bug 1254223 - Option '-e' not documented in manpage
Summary: Option '-e' not documented in manpage
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: rng-tools
Version: 7.2
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: rc
: 7.3
Assignee: Neil Horman
QA Contact: Vilém Maršík
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 1211406
Blocks: 1274397
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-08-17 12:59 UTC by Vilém Maršík
Modified: 2016-11-04 08:26 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2016-11-04 08:26:38 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2016:2547 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE rng-tools bug fix update 2016-11-03 14:20:03 UTC

Description Vilém Maršík 2015-08-17 12:59:13 UTC
Description of problem:
'-e' option not documented in /usr/share/man/man8/rngd.8.gz

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install current RHEL-7.2 build, install rng-tools (mine version: rng-tools-5-7.el7.x86_64 )
2. $ rngd --help
...
  -e, --entropy-count=n      Number of entropy bits to support (default: 8), 1
3. $ man rngd
-> contains no documentation about the '-e' option


Expected results: option '-e' documented in the manpage

Comment 4 Vilém Maršík 2016-08-11 17:56:59 UTC
Verified:

# rngd --help
(...)
  -e, --entropy-count=n      Number of entropy bits to support (default: 8), 1
                             <= n <= 8
(...)

# man rngd
(...)
       -e nnn, --entropy-count=nnn
              Number of bits to consider random when adding entropy. 1<=e<=8 (default: 8)
(...)

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2016-11-04 08:26:38 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-2547.html


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