From nobody@FreeBSD.org Fri Jul 30 06:00:45 2010 Return-Path: Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0195106564A for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:00:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AEAC18FC12 for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:00:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o6U60j9F036721 for ; Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:00:45 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o6U60jF0036720; Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:00:45 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201007300600.o6U60jF0036720@www.freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:00:45 GMT From: Stefan Hegnauer To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: stale manual pages on http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 X-GNATS-Notify: >Number: 149093 >Category: www >Synopsis: stale manual pages on http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: webmaster >State: closed >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Jul 30 06:10:04 UTC 2010 >Closed-Date: Tue Aug 03 15:30:50 UTC 2010 >Last-Modified: Tue Aug 03 15:30:50 UTC 2010 >Originator: Stefan Hegnauer >Release: 8.0-release + 8.1-stable >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD sstream.localnet 8.1-STABLE FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE #0: Mon Jul 26 13:27:00 CEST 2010 root@asus.:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SSTREAM i386 >Description: When asking for manual pages for e.g. 'FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE and Ports' on http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi the result is often for other/older versions of FreeBSD. Example: the portmaster(8) manual page from calling 'http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=portmaster&apropos=0&sektion=0&manp ath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html' results in the page of FBSD 7.2 from 2007. The same manpage on my 8.0 systems is up-to-date however, and also shows all the options the program acquired since. >How-To-Repeat: browse to http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi using any browser and search for some manual pages for 'FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE and Ports' or 'FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE and Ports'. All resulting man pages I tried so far are from FreeBSD 7.2. >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-www->webmaster Responsible-Changed-By: jkois Responsible-Changed-When: Fri Jul 30 09:05:05 UTC 2010 Responsible-Changed-Why: Change responsibility. This is not a bug in the documentation per se. Seems to be a problem with some of the (CGI?) scripts running in the background. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=149093 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" To: Stefan Hegnauer Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-www@freebsd.org Subject: Re: www/149093: stale manual pages on http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:49:00 +0200 On 2010.07.30 06:00:45 +0000, Stefan Hegnauer wrote: > When asking for manual pages for e.g. 'FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE and > Ports' on http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi the result is often for > other/older versions of FreeBSD. > Example: the portmaster(8) manual page from calling > 'http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=portmaster&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html' > results in the page of FBSD 7.2 from 2007. The version number you see is for the version of FreeBSD the web server is running, not related to when the manual page was from. That's just the way man(1) works. See e.g. http://bwwwdyn.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=portmaster&manpath=FreeBSD+8.0-RELEASE+and+Ports which is another (and at this point experimental) webserver. > The same manpage on my 8.0 systems is up-to-date however, and also shows all > the options the program acquired since. While the date from 2007 indicates man.cgi does use an older version of the portmaster manual page than it should (it should be from August 24, 2009), you would still get an out of date manual page if you use the web interface to see ports manual pages. The 'FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE and Ports' collection contains the manual pages as they were for the ports collecton included with FreeBSD 8.0 release. Anyway, there does indeed still seem to be a problem which somebody should look at. -- Simon L. Nielsen State-Changed-From-To: open->closed State-Changed-By: wosch State-Changed-When: Tue Aug 3 15:29:51 UTC 2010 State-Changed-Why: the man.cgi config was broken (damn cut&paste!). fixed. Thanks for the hint! http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=149093 >Unformatted: