Bug 1629413 - Man page for 'pkill' doesn't document the '-e' option
Summary: Man page for 'pkill' doesn't document the '-e' option
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: procps-ng
Version: 31
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jan Rybar
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-09-15 22:58 UTC by Patrick O'Callaghan
Modified: 2021-01-08 02:50 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: procps-ng-3.3.16-2.fc33 procps-ng-3.3.16-2.fc32
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Last Closed: 2020-11-24 20:07:38 UTC
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Description Patrick O'Callaghan 2018-09-15 22:58:11 UTC
Description of problem:
The pkill command has a '-e' option (for 'echo'). This is listed under 'pkill -h' but not documented in the man page.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
procps-ng-3.3.12-3.fc28.x86_64

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1.man pkill
2.Look for description of '-e' option
3.Fail

Actual results:
No description of the option

Expected results:
Description of what '-e' does

Additional info:

Comment 1 Ben Cotton 2019-05-02 20:55:47 UTC
This message is a reminder that Fedora 28 is nearing its end of life.
On 2019-May-28 Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for
Fedora 28. It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases
that are no longer maintained. At that time this bug will be closed as
EOL if it remains open with a Fedora 'version' of '28'.

Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you
plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' 
to a later Fedora version.

Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that we were not 
able to fix it before Fedora 28 is end of life. If you would still like 
to see this bug fixed and are able to reproduce it against a later version 
of Fedora, you are encouraged  change the 'version' to a later Fedora 
version prior this bug is closed as described in the policy above.

Although we aim to fix as many bugs as possible during every release's 
lifetime, sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events. Often a 
more recent Fedora release includes newer upstream software that fixes 
bugs or makes them obsolete.

Comment 2 Ben Cotton 2019-05-28 22:26:15 UTC
Fedora 28 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2019-05-28. Fedora 28 is
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of
Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version. If you
are unable to reopen this bug, please file a new report against the
current release. If you experience problems, please add a comment to this
bug.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.

Comment 3 Patrick O'Callaghan 2019-05-29 10:36:51 UTC
Bug is still present in F30.

Comment 4 Ben Cotton 2020-04-30 21:53:56 UTC
This message is a reminder that Fedora 30 is nearing its end of life.
Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora 30 on 2020-05-26.
It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases that are no longer
maintained. At that time this bug will be closed as EOL if it remains open with a
Fedora 'version' of '30'.

Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you
plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' 
to a later Fedora version.

Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that we were not 
able to fix it before Fedora 30 is end of life. If you would still like 
to see this bug fixed and are able to reproduce it against a later version 
of Fedora, you are encouraged  change the 'version' to a later Fedora 
version prior this bug is closed as described in the policy above.

Although we aim to fix as many bugs as possible during every release's 
lifetime, sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events. Often a 
more recent Fedora release includes newer upstream software that fixes 
bugs or makes them obsolete.

Comment 5 Patrick O'Callaghan 2020-05-01 12:27:14 UTC
(In reply to Patrick O'Callaghan from comment #3)
> Bug is still present in F30.

And in F31.

Comment 6 Ben Cotton 2020-11-03 15:02:49 UTC
This message is a reminder that Fedora 31 is nearing its end of life.
Fedora will stop maintaining and issuing updates for Fedora 31 on 2020-11-24.
It is Fedora's policy to close all bug reports from releases that are no longer
maintained. At that time this bug will be closed as EOL if it remains open with a
Fedora 'version' of '31'.

Package Maintainer: If you wish for this bug to remain open because you
plan to fix it in a currently maintained version, simply change the 'version' 
to a later Fedora version.

Thank you for reporting this issue and we are sorry that we were not 
able to fix it before Fedora 31 is end of life. If you would still like 
to see this bug fixed and are able to reproduce it against a later version 
of Fedora, you are encouraged  change the 'version' to a later Fedora 
version prior this bug is closed as described in the policy above.

Although we aim to fix as many bugs as possible during every release's 
lifetime, sometimes those efforts are overtaken by events. Often a 
more recent Fedora release includes newer upstream software that fixes 
bugs or makes them obsolete.

Comment 7 Patrick O'Callaghan 2020-11-04 17:44:06 UTC
Still hasn't been fixed in F33. Seriously? This is a one-line edit to a man page.

Comment 8 Jan Rybar 2020-11-06 15:12:21 UTC
(In reply to Patrick O'Callaghan from comment #7)
> Still hasn't been fixed in F33. Seriously? This is a one-line edit to a man
> page.

Such bugs do not actually gain higher places in the priority list, but for this time I stopped doing everything else and proposed a patch to upstream for you.
https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/-/merge_requests/116

If such bugs are really important to you, please consider contributing on https://src.fedoraproject.org and proposing your own solution in pull-request. Fedora is an open project.

NOTE: the tone set in this BZ does not help anyone, especially in these days.

Comment 9 Patrick O'Callaghan 2020-11-06 17:08:27 UTC
(In reply to Jan Rybar from comment #8)
> (In reply to Patrick O'Callaghan from comment #7)
> > Still hasn't been fixed in F33. Seriously? This is a one-line edit to a man
> > page.
> 
> Such bugs do not actually gain higher places in the priority list, but for
> this time I stopped doing everything else and proposed a patch to upstream
> for you.
> https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/-/merge_requests/116
> 
> If such bugs are really important to you, please consider contributing on
> https://src.fedoraproject.org and proposing your own solution in
> pull-request. Fedora is an open project.
> 
> NOTE: the tone set in this BZ does not help anyone, especially in these days.

I apologise if the tone wasn't to your liking, but I think it's oversensitive to react to mild irritation that a trivial bug has waited for several years to be addressed. Clearly it's not a show-stopper for anyone, merely a correction to documentation, but getting documentation right is important. I'll take on board your comment about contributing.

Comment 10 Ben Cotton 2020-11-24 20:07:38 UTC
Fedora 31 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2020-11-24. Fedora 31 is
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of
Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version. If you
are unable to reopen this bug, please file a new report against the
current release. If you experience problems, please add a comment to this
bug.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2020-12-23 12:26:29 UTC
FEDORA-2020-563e62fc25 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 33. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-563e62fc25

Comment 12 Fedora Update System 2020-12-23 15:56:33 UTC
FEDORA-2020-88275b3477 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 32. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-88275b3477

Comment 13 Fedora Update System 2020-12-24 01:10:18 UTC
FEDORA-2020-88275b3477 has been pushed to the Fedora 32 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --advisory=FEDORA-2020-88275b3477`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-88275b3477

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 14 Fedora Update System 2020-12-24 02:04:44 UTC
FEDORA-2020-563e62fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 33 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --advisory=FEDORA-2020-563e62fc25`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-563e62fc25

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 15 Fedora Update System 2020-12-26 01:37:11 UTC
FEDORA-2020-563e62fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 33 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 16 Fedora Update System 2021-01-08 02:50:58 UTC
FEDORA-2020-88275b3477 has been pushed to the Fedora 32 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.


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