Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 504899
mailx man page description doesn't match mailx implementation
Last modified: 2009-10-12 10:11:47 EDT
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #188313 +++ Description of problem: The options for mailx descriped in the mailx man page does not match the implementation of mailx. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): mailx-12.4-1 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. run "man mailx" 2. use that information to try to use /bin/mailx 3. Actual results: Many options fail. For example, the "-e" option is described in the man page, but running "mailx -e" produces: mailx: invalid option -- e Usage: mail [-iInv] [-s subject] [-c cc-addr] [-b bcc-addr] to-addr ... [-- sendmail-options ...] mail [-iInNv] -f [name] mail [-iInNv] [-u user] Expected results: The options described in the mailx man page should match what the mailx program accepts. Additional info:
Looks strange. Does "man mail" describe "-e" option as well or not? ("man mailx" refers to /usr/share/man/man1p/mailx.1p.gz from the "man-pages" package, whereas "man mail" refers to own mailx's manual /usr/share/man/man1/mail.1.gz) What is your output of "which mailx" or "type mailx", and "rpm -qf /bin/mailx" ?
Do you have access to a Fedora system where you can check it out?
Sure! But on my system, it works fine... ;)
I have the same problem. Turns out I am not using the mailx from the fedora package -- at some point in the distant past I'd installed another in /usr/local/bin when the fedora one crashed. Just checked the current fedora mailx and it seems fine. I suspect JW's problem may be similar, in which case this is notabug.
It *was* a bug. It was fixed in a previous version: somewhere just before 12.4-1 and possibly as a result of this bug report. So please amend from NOTABUG to CURRENTRELEASE or just plain RESOLED (there should be such a Status or dont bugs ever get fixed?)
For comment #5 : > It was fixed in a previous version: somewhere just before 12.4-1 According to http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/mailx/F-10/, mailx in F10 was last changed 14 months ago (ie. in August 2008), whereas your bug report about F10's mailx is dated at 2009-06-09 ...