Re: [gentoo-dev] 'man bash' needs updating

040208 Paul Varner wrote:
> On Sun, 2004-02-08 at 14:23, purslow@×××××××××.ca wrote:
>> whence are 'man' files obtained for inclusion in Gentoo ?
>> when/how are they updated ?  can Gentoo developers add things, if needed ?
>> more particularly, cd someone add a line re 'bash -x' to 'man bash' ?
> It is in the man page, (it isn't necessarily clear what it does),
> but quoting from the man page:
>   -x    After  expanding  each  simple  command,   display   the
>         expanded  value  of PS4, followed by the command and its
>         expanded arguments.

no, that's something else, ie part of the 'set' command.
it sb right at the beginning under 'Options' between '-s' & '-D'
& shd say '-x  Print commands and their arguments as they are executed'.

responding to the other comment, i'll see if i can send in a bug,
but wdn't it be simpler if the relevant developer reads this & fixes it ?

thanx, as always, for developers' volunteer efforts.

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