beancounter manpage mistook dbname config option for dbsystem

Bug #379493 reported by markhu
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: beancounter

The dbname config option in the manpage is labeled twice incorrectly as "dbsystem..."

$ man beancounter | grep -A1 -P '^.*.(dbsystem|dbname).{0,75}.' -o
        --dbsystem system use db backend system, default is PostgreSQL
        --dbname name use db name, default is beancounter
--
       --dbsystem allows to switch to a different database backend. The default is PostgreSQL
--
       --dbsystem allows to switch to an alternate database. The default is ’beancounter’
--
       dbsystem to select a database backend, e.g. to switch from PostgreSQL to MySQL or SQ
       dbsystem to select a different default database name other than the default of ’be
$

beancounter version 0.8.8 (1.103) as of 2007/10/04

$ apt-cache show beancounter | grep -i -P '(filename|version)'
Version: 0.8.8
Filename: pool/universe/b/beancounter/beancounter_0.8.8_all.deb

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04

Tags: manpage

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markhu (m-mhudson)
tags: added: manpage
Changed in beancounter (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Fugitive (david-e-jensen) wrote :

Installed beancounter 0.8.8 on unbuntu 9.10 and reviewed the man page to verify the bug

Changed in beancounter (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Fugitive (david-e-jensen)
assignee: Fugitive (david-e-jensen) → nobody
Changed in beancounter (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
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Dirk Eddelbuettel (edd) wrote :

Good catch -- fixing that now and a fresh Debian release will be forthcoming.

Changed in beancounter (Debian):
status: New → Fix Released
Changed in beancounter (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
Changed in beancounter (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Fugitive (david-e-jensen) wrote :

beancounter 0.8.10 (in maverick) contains the corrected man page.

Changed in beancounter (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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