Re: [gentoo-user] No man page for traceroute?

[Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>]

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On Sunday 06 Nov 2011 22:38:37 Florian Philipp wrote:
> Am 06.11.2011 20:07, schrieb Mick:
> > On Sunday 06 Nov 2011 16:52:02 Alex Schuster wrote:
> >> Florian Philipp writes:
> >>> Am 06.11.2011 14:13, schrieb Mick:
> >>>> Why would there be no traceroute(8) man page on my laptop?
> >>>> 
> >>>> An older x86 box has it and displays it without fuss.
> >>> 
> >>> It seems that the man page has been dropped from the package. Only the
> >>> old 2.0.3 version from sourceforge still contains it. I couldn't find
> >>> any mention on on bugs.g.o or traceroute-devel.
> >> 
> >> I have traceroute-2.0.18 installed, and I do have the man page.
> > 
> > I am getting confused.  x86 box has traceroute-2.0.15 with man page,
> > while amd_64 box has same version and no man page.
> 
> I bet the man-page disappears when you re-emerge traceroute. According
> to changelog, the patch I mentioned in a different message was
> introduced without changing the revision number (it doesn't have to
> because it just fixes a build problem). If you emerged traceroute-2.0.15
> before the patch was applied, you got the man-page. Afterwards, it is lost.

OK!  This at least explains why remerging today did not add the man page.

Thanks for shedding a light on this.
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Regards,
Mick

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