Manpage doesn't mention the -n switch

Bug #31449 reported by dierre
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Bug Description

tracepath accepts the -n switch, as the usage given by tracepath -h is the following:

Usage: tracepath [-n] <destination>[/<port>]

yet the manpage does not mention the -n switch. I think that adding a line or two explaining that -n prevents tracepath from making a reverse dns query would be good.

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In , Adrian Knoth (adi-informatik) wrote : Fwd: [Ann] Stammtisch der LUG Jena am 2005-10-20

From: LUG Jena <email address hidden>
Newsgroups: thur.org.lug
Subject: [Ann] Stammtisch der LUG Jena am 2005-10-20
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 06:00:09 +0200 (CEST)
Message-ID: <disj89$jl9$<email address hidden>>

Hallo,

diese Woche findet wieder ein Stammtisch der LUG Jena statt:

        WANN: 20. October 2005 ab 19:00 Uhr
        WO: Quergasse No.1
        WER: Jeder, der möchte

Schöne Grüße,

die LUG Jena.

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In , Adrian Knoth (adi-drcomp) wrote : Fix for this bug

Hi,

the attached patch fixes this problem. Note that Build-Deps should
be augmented by "sed".

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dierre (fdr) wrote :

tracepath accepts the -n switch, as the usage given by tracepath -h is the following:

Usage: tracepath [-n] <destination>[/<port>]

yet the manpage does not mention the -n switch. I think that adding a line or two explaining that -n prevents tracepath from making a reverse dns query would be good.

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Daniel Robitaille (robitaille) wrote :

There has been a bug about this in the Debian BTS since March 2003.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The Debian bug has a patch

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

The patch doesn't document the option, it only adds it to the synopsis

Changed in iputils:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Pete Savage (petesavage) wrote : iputils-doc.debdiff

This debdiff, modifies the source doc/tracepath.sgml as there is no patching system in the package. It adds a simple description for the -n option

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Pete Savage (petesavage) wrote :

Fixed awaiting approval

Changed in iputils:
assignee: nobody → motureviewers
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Changed in iputils:
assignee: motureviewers → nobody
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In , Rémi Denis-Courmont (rdenis) wrote : Merging identical bugs

severity 185156 minor
merge 184235 18515
stop

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In , Rémi Denis-Courmont (rdenis) wrote : I *can* do it

merge 184235 185156
done

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Daniel Robitaille (robitaille) wrote :

One year later, is that patch still in progress? The man page of tracepath in Feisty still doesn't show the -n option.

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In , Noah Meyerhans (noahm) wrote : fix in svn

tags 185156 +pending
thanks

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In , Noah Meyerhans (noahm) wrote : Bug#185156: fixed in iputils 3:20070202-1
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Source: iputils
Source-Version: 3:20070202-1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
iputils, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

iputils-arping_20070202-1_i386.deb
  to pool/main/i/iputils/iputils-arping_20070202-1_i386.deb
iputils-ping_20070202-1_i386.deb
  to pool/main/i/iputils/iputils-ping_20070202-1_i386.deb
iputils-tracepath_20070202-1_i386.deb
  to pool/main/i/iputils/iputils-tracepath_20070202-1_i386.deb
iputils_20070202-1.diff.gz
  to pool/main/i/iputils/iputils_20070202-1.diff.gz
iputils_20070202-1.dsc
  to pool/main/i/iputils/iputils_20070202-1.dsc
iputils_20070202.orig.tar.gz
  to pool/main/i/iputils/iputils_20070202.orig.tar.gz
netkit-ping_20070202-1_i386.deb
  to pool/main/i/iputils/netkit-ping_20070202-1_i386.deb

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to <email address hidden>,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Noah Meyerhans <email address hidden> (supplier of updated iputils package)

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Format: 1.7
Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:45:01 -0400
Source: iputils
Binary: iputils-ping iputils-tracepath netkit-ping iputils-arping
Architecture: source i386
Version: 3:20070202-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Noah Meyerhans <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Noah Meyerhans <email address hidden>
Description:
 iputils-arping - Tool to send ICMP echo requests to an ARP address
 iputils-ping - Tools to test the reachability of network hosts
 iputils-tracepath - Tools to trace the network path to a remote host
 netkit-ping - The ping utility from netkit (transitional package)
Closes: 185156 285420 380677 391618 404199
Changes:
 iputils (3:20070202-1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * New upstream version (Closes: Bug#285420, Bug#391618, Bug#404199)
   * Fix documentation for tracepath (Closes: Bug#185156)
   * Use alternatives to manage traceroute6 so we can be installed
     alongside ndisc6. Thanks to Rémi Denis-Courmont for the
     patch. (Closes: Bug#380677)
   * Bump standards version to 3.7.2.2 (no changes needed)
Files:
 9ad8f14ef055db82d927022aed626ede 682 net extra iputils_20070202-1.dsc
 94193328b186082fc0eb513aac57abac 111080 net extra iputils_20070202.orig.tar.gz
 0c67d4d21e8f541b63408f2f2424074a 11338 net extra iputils_20070202-1.diff.gz
 c39fa7e60a6cabad24e620cd58a288ac 42670 net important iputils-ping_20070202-1_i386.deb
 5251e14b2ec63d61822e28caab43df5b 28378 net optional iputils-tracepath_20070202-1_i386.deb
 209eed0fce328ea7369b53e9f47cf4a9 20532 net extra iputils-arping_20070202-1_i386.deb
 e458e27b7653ec88e634e3fedd7edfb6 5668 net extra netkit-ping_20070202-1_i386.deb

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Changed in iputils:
status: Unconfirmed → Fix Released
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Marco Rodrigues (gothicx) wrote :

Not fixed in Feisty...

Changed in iputils:
status: In Progress → Confirmed
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Pete Savage (petesavage) wrote :

iputils (3:20070202-1ubuntu2) gutsy; urgency=low

  * Updated docs to include option
  (Closes LP: #31449)

 -- Peter Savage <email address hidden> Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:28:18 +0200

Changed in iputils:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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