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wpa package

Typo in man page ("introduce a much improvement mechanism")

Bug #1405452 reported by Alistair Turnbull
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
One Hundred Papercuts
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned
wpa (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
wpa (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
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Bug Description

"introduce a much improvement mechanism" should be "introduce a much improved mechanism".

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: wpasupplicant 2.1-0ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-28.38-generic 3.16.7-ckt1
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-28-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: GNOME
Date: Wed Dec 24 16:19:30 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-12-19 (4 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
SourcePackage: wpa
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Related branches

lp:~okay19/ubuntu/wily/wpa/fix-bug-1405452
Rejected for merging into lp:ubuntu/wily/wpa
Brian Murray: Disapprove
Diff: 45 lines (+25/-0)
3 files modified
debian/changelog (+8/-0)
debian/patches/series (+1/-0)
debian/patches/wpasupplicant_fix-improvement-typo-in-doc.patch (+16/-0)
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Alistair Turnbull (apt1002) wrote :
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Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd) wrote :

Thanks for reporting.

Looks like this typo is present in wpa_supplicant 2.1-0ubuntu7 on Ubuntu 15.04 too, based on http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/vivid/man8/wpa_supplicant.8.html.

Changed in wpa (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
tags: added: bitesize manpage string-fix vivid
summary: - Typo in man page.
+ Typo in man page ("introduce a much improvement mechanism")
Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in wpa (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
importance: Undecided → Low
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Dillon Brock (okay19) wrote :

Here is a patch for this bug. Let me know if it needs to be in a different format.

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote :

The attachment "wpasupplicant_fix-improvement-typo-in-doc.patch" seems to be a patch. If it isn't, please remove the "patch" flag from the attachment, remove the "patch" tag, and if you are a member of the ~ubuntu-reviewers, unsubscribe the team.

[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.]

tags: added: patch
Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)
Changed in wpa (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in wpa (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
Paul White (paulw2u)
tags: added: bionic focal
removed: utopic vivid
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Ryan England (ryaeng) wrote :

Looks like a patch was created some time ago. What steps are required in order to close out this bug?

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Subscribing ubuntu-sponsors is usually a first step to getting things reviewed, doing that now

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Mathew Hodson (mhodson) wrote :

Patch sent upstream:

https://patchwork.ozlabs<email address hidden>/

tags: added: patch-forwarded-upstream
Mathew Hodson (mhodson)
tags: added: patch-accepted-upstream
removed: patch-forwarded-upstream
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: Triaged → Fix Released
Mathew Hodson (mhodson)
Changed in wpa (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

This is not something Ubuntu would carry a patch for but when this is fixed in Debian we'll get the fix as the package is sync'ed from them.

Changed in wpa (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Triaged
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Mathew Hodson (mhodson) wrote :

Fixed in wpa version 2:2.9.0+git20211116+0b853303ae31-1

Changed in wpa (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Mathew Hodson (mhodson)
Changed in wpa (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in wpa (Debian):
status: New → Fix Released
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