From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5DBA8A937 for ; Sun, 19 Apr 2026 06:27:02 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1776580022; cv=none; b=Y2nqK+AdnNkMm05hGnTf8fweOr/nHv00zm82cehN2PYzCIzCBzxKhjGiPo3WtWSfRCbQTWd7rE7ow09Y+e/nF6/kOgwe+R5E/EqpJ4wuukJPR5wV/oa42cbD0007uplGy0rA7ZJ/Uk6ZZpieJO2FxhnXzSVUf5tb33cklf/49pk= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1776580022; c=relaxed/simple; bh=uwjsF0iHwJBH84SkcpIg+j6+U+4qSyhwqMIOdBwrh1M=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=XPj40VOsZL31sE2OMk+Vly1l/2YtZ1EXXOD8tG2sW6xEGVf7rEHjB7DLQ3EOwMWVsWu/uvpp9ZA8ux9qwSXHRdHqE8358f+7zZIX3G7stLNRsIswG0Dykvc5mgVADILWQseBHslfjtTjllU1xb5aSMcQk3XiGnqG/mcvdVZdSSQ= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=nnJDuwBy; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="nnJDuwBy" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3F3F5C2BCAF; Sun, 19 Apr 2026 06:27:01 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1776580022; bh=uwjsF0iHwJBH84SkcpIg+j6+U+4qSyhwqMIOdBwrh1M=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=nnJDuwBylv4yqx6mync+ldYN25UsBqD7elUoHiZ+7ecfomXqIeG+67NMnUJjFwnzS NgoLnUbSHUBFBZSZvZQINQTfzeeHtNGmLTk/8Ga1E0kc3r0UYVNTKsaHMF+YBpsxjK ympw+ONMQsdFdFM+Xh2PN68IRGCgbSXIT932qFO1ufbJyAQYX0QVYtglas99zCn10Q cmnctOTCoVD1K+IOexfLqKf6IwzBrSBBnlXnYnUsR3oCQnJv5d5YczIsB4H1ndpOVI PJw9zTHZjtZMQpXq4IVGX58jsdnC9L3xUZzmpdJjNIP1TjJ93teuToMrpCDtn5INz4 LgCw04UDYqN2w== Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 08:26:58 +0200 From: Alejandro Colomar To: Helge Kreutzmann Cc: mario.blaettermann@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org, "Dr. Tobias Quathamer" Subject: Re: Example in mansectf(1) does not work in Debian unstable Message-ID: References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="zcok2oxabn7i5s4f" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: --zcok2oxabn7i5s4f Content-Type: text/plain; protected-headers=v1; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Alejandro Colomar To: Helge Kreutzmann Cc: mario.blaettermann@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org, "Dr. Tobias Quathamer" Subject: Re: Example in mansectf(1) does not work in Debian unstable Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Hi Helge, On 2026-04-19T05:15:12+0000, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > Hello Alex, > while translating the man page, I noticed that the example does not > work in Debian unstable: >=20 > root@twentytwo:/# man -w strtol strtoul | xargs mansectf "NAME|SEE ALSO" = | cat > Binary file (standard input) matches >=20 > (The first part works: > root@twentytwo:/# man -w strtol strtoul > /usr/share/man/man3/strtol.3.gz > /usr/share/man/man3/strtoul.3.gz > ) This is because Debian still compresses its pages, which is something I urge everyone to reconsider in this decade. We had this discussion a few months ago, and Colin hasn't said anything yet: I'll ping in that thread. Have a lovely day! Alex >=20 > I put the Debian maintainer in CC, in case this is a Debian (only) > bug, I could file a bug report there as well. >=20 > Greetings >=20 > Helge > --=20 > Dr. Helge Kreutzmann debian@helgefjell.de > Dipl.-Phys. http://www.helgefjell.de/debian.= php > 64bit GNU powered gpg signed mail preferred > Help keep free software "libre": http://www.ffii.de/ --=20 --zcok2oxabn7i5s4f Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCgAdFiEES7Jt9u9GbmlWADAi64mZXMKQwqkFAmnkdasACgkQ64mZXMKQ wqkIpRAAuDDYmXwtDP6Tiu9uVS2S/HRHX0ZLDYHQZvtae/7SBZrajgUMkNczZwIi GYrU/0ZXVKZDrYh2fipWxNfu5u7NdaueA2v/0ugATYvNnWHAyTa/5/6vYaUv++z+ HdkgSCImdgbGHlODqirK+/w3Q/G+s8IkzQWpiOrktR68WG5u4cJaPTbSySii45uc 7pUwxvfiTolUyfJhmVcykjFXujN5nUUkNAsb8MhabzOuINzqtsed/yzOn20v3rwh Ofk6qv/5X4asAAKShb+ezJyKoBvITn8vAas+FiTz6ex0+2mgLbtVu4TShQvjvaUp roImXxR6eemeOFA1xIiojF28E7xEXVdP/rJuFu60tQ9FkZl5KtHJdPl9bPh444P2 JxvSxNNZLpdQpS6pHT4+ERGSKHbSxD++T1MvfYdPFQfdwE2uQz980Yswm77PUB5i ZZo3cYlqQNLWzbwGINk6nuRKqP95EeGnzlbf+8IrJ5E6BssvRGHGC9wRvXcPy/fH 2qqd3JGxyWAns7/z6CfYsGaEHQv2dDvlS43mlWPpoVyZVZblYreWjysz4tzIOz2Q WMELObQtmgB8BnzwjZppjrlWlmi9V7prX+JV83jM4W/DEviby9tW+0PTWAS9UNJH 2Cp5yyVwSOkk3RTnkOpR8LWIL3rm60EOMBPHb+EZb9te/u9/zpc= =Rzhh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zcok2oxabn7i5s4f--