[bug-notifications] [ghostscript 0004704]: Documentation reference incorrect in -help page output.

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Thu Jun 6 14:31:16 CEST 2013


The following issue has been ASSIGNED. 
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https://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=4704 
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Reported By:                jon
Assigned To:                dam
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Project:                    ghostscript
Issue ID:                   4704
Category:                   regular use
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   trivial
Priority:                   low
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             2011-03-03 22:45 CET
Last Modified:              2013-06-06 14:31 CEST
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Summary:                    Documentation reference incorrect in -help page
output.
Description: 
This is really trivial, but I will note it anyway as I just noticed it.

"gs -help" produces help page and references gs documentation at bottom of
page. The document reference in the help page is incorrect as follows:

For more information, see /opt/csw/share/ghostscript/doc/Use.htm.

Should be as follows which matches the install:

For more information, see /opt/csw/share/doc/ghostscript/Use.htm.
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 (0008849) james (manager) - 2011-03-04 12:41
 https://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=4704#c8849 
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Fixed in version >= 9.01,REV=2011.03.04


Note the configure script helpfully includes a setting --docdir which
unhelpfully is ignored.  Hence the document placement was/is manual and now
too the link is adjusted externally to the configuration.


$ gs -h
GPL Ghostscript 9.01 (2011-02-07)
Copyright (C) 2010 Artifex Software, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Usage: gs [switches] [file1.ps file2.ps ...]
Most frequently used switches: (you can use # in place of =)
 -dNOPAUSE           no pause after page   | -q       `quiet', fewer
messages
 -g<width>x<height>  page size in pixels   | -r<res>  pixels/inch
resolution
 -sDEVICE=<devname>  select device         | -dBATCH  exit after last file
 -sOutputFile=<file> select output file: - for stdout, |command for pipe,
                                         embed %d or %ld for page #
Input formats: PostScript PostScriptLevel1 PostScriptLevel2
PostScriptLevel3 PDF
Default output device: x11
Available devices:
...
Search path:
   /opt/csw/share/ghostscript/9.01/Resource/Init :
   /opt/csw/share/ghostscript/9.01/lib :
   /opt/csw/share/ghostscript/9.01/Resource/Font :
   /opt/csw/share/ghostscript/fonts : /opt/csw/share/ghostscript/fonts
For more information, see /opt/csw/share/doc/ghostscript/Use.htm.
Please report bugs to bugs.ghostscript.com.


$ ls -l /opt/csw/share/doc/ghostscript/Use.htm
-rw-r--r--   1 root     bin       162610 Mar  4 11:16
/opt/csw/share/doc/ghostscript/Use.htm



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