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List:       coreutils
Subject:    Re: Bug#762092: sha...sum man pages refer to nonexistent 'sha...sum invocation' info pages
From:       Jim Meyering <jim () meyering ! net>
Date:       2017-10-19 22:27:55
Message-ID: CA+8g5KFBGuUVECUODv2vo+Yz=6b07y7A6jmVzK0_KBLUOJstcQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 7:13 AM, P=C3=A1draig Brady <P@draigbrady.com> wrot=
e:
> On 09/18/2014 12:54 PM, Rebecca Palmer wrote:
>> Package: coreutils
>> Version: 8.23-2
>> Severity: minor
>> Control: tags -1 patch
>>
>> The man page of sha512sum states that more documentation can be found at=
 info coreutils 'sha512sum invocation', but this info node does not exist; =
the correct name is 'sha2 utilities'.  At least sha256sum, and I suspect al=
l four sizes, are also affected.
>>
>> (See also #760861.)
>
> Attached 2 patches will address this in the next upstream release.

Here is a perhaps-simpler approach:

diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index 47a9f6d25..c76be2280 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -3998,6 +3998,10 @@ sha2 utilities
 @pindex sha256sum
 @pindex sha384sum
 @pindex sha512sum
+@pindex sha224sum invocation
+@pindex sha256sum invocation
+@pindex sha384sum invocation
+@pindex sha512sum invocation
 @cindex SHA-2
 @cindex 224-bit checksum
 @cindex 256-bit checksum


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