Subject: misc/3214: Bug in m4.1
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <msaitoh@spa.is.uec.ac.jp>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 02/12/1997 11:33:42
>Number: 3214
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: Bug in m4.1
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: misc-bug-people (Misc Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue Feb 11 18:50:01 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: SAITOH Masanobu
>Organization:
>Release: latest -current
>Environment:
System: NetBSD ifree.spa.is.uec.ac.jp 1.2C NetBSD 1.2C (IFREE) #33: Sat Feb 8 22:22:24 JST 1997 msaitoh@ifree.spa.is.uec.ac.jp:/var/sources/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/IFREE i386
>Description:
Try "man m4":
> sinclude Similar to include, except it ignores any errors.
>
> spaste Similar to spaste, except it ignores any errors.
******
This is not "spaste" but "paste".
>How-To-Repeat:
man m4
>Fix:
Apply following patch:
--- m4.1.orig Fri Jan 10 21:24:37 1997
+++ m4.1 Wed Feb 12 11:29:25 1997
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
.It sinclude
Similar to include, except it ignores any errors.
.It spaste
-Similar to spaste, except it ignores any errors.
+Similar to paste, except it ignores any errors.
.It substr
Returns a substring of the first argument starting at the offset specified
by the second argument and the length specified by the third argument.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: