Bug 669768 - man page for getent does not match 'getent --help' output
Summary: man page for getent does not match 'getent --help' output
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: man-pages
Version: 6.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Ivana Varekova
QA Contact: BaseOS QE - Apps
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-01-14 17:10 UTC by Guil Barros
Modified: 2018-11-14 15:34 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2011-05-19 14:01:14 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:0679 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE man-pages bug fix and enhancement update 2011-05-18 18:10:37 UTC

Description Guil Barros 2011-01-14 17:10:08 UTC 
Description of problem:
'getent --help' describes the -s switch which is not mentioned in the man page.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
glibc-common-2.12-1.7.el6_0.3.i686

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. man getent
2. getent --help
3. compare output
  
Actual results:
no mention of -s in man page

Expected results:
man page should explain -s option which is shown via 'getent --help'
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-19 14:01:14 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-0679.html
Comment 5 Timothy Biggs 2016-09-19 15:54:29 UTC 
Perhaps this man page could be added back since it has been updated on the official linux man pages (as od Apr 17 last year) and has all of the correct option.switches now.
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