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Description of problem:
there is a joint manpage xtables-translate(8) for iptables-translate and others: ip{,6}tables-{restore-,}translate

the callable executables above actually don't have their respective manpage entries which would link to the joint manpage.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
iptables-1.8.2-9.el8.

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
for i in ip{,6}tables-{restore-,}translate xtables-translate; do man $i >/dev/null && echo "$i present"; done
No manual entry for iptables-restore-translate
No manual entry for iptables-translate
No manual entry for ip6tables-restore-translate
No manual entry for ip6tables-translate
xtables-translate present

Expected results:
all manpage entries lead to a manpage

Additional info:

I agree, having man pages present for those definitely helps users. Fix sent upstream:

https://marc.info/?l=netfilter-devel&m=155066777401098&w=2

Aiming at RHEL8.1 for this one, it's no big issue IMHO. Feel free to protest in case you disagree.

Thanks, Phil

Upstream commit to backport:

commit b738ca36777851e8f08c20a1e6c5c6492e934b38
Author: Phil Sutter <phil>
Date:   Wed Feb 20 14:02:55 2019 +0100

    doc: Install ip{6,}tables-translate.8 manpages
    
    These are just semantic links to xtables-translate.8.
    
    Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil>
    Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw>

Testing should be quite easy, just make sure ip{6,}tables{-restore,}-translate man pages exist.

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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2019:3573