[Dnsmasq-discuss] Man page typo

[Geert Stappers]

On Tue, Dec 06, 2022 at 08:08:11PM -0600, Ruijie Yu via Dnsmasq-discuss wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I noticed that there is a typo in the man page for the example on the
> `--conf-script` option.  The example says `--conf-dir="..."` but it
> should be `--conf-script="..."` instead.

Good catch.


> For completeness, I have attached a patch that fixes this single line.
 
More about that below.


> Also, while on this topic, I noticed that this option is absent in both
> the French and the Spanish man pages, so I suppose these have not been
> up-to-date?

Time will tell when a person that does what is needed, steps forward.

> 
> 
> RY
> 

> diff --git a/man/dnsmasq.8 b/man/dnsmasq.8
> index 2495ed1..df86be7 100644
> --- a/man/dnsmasq.8
> +++ b/man/dnsmasq.8
> @@ -2203,7 +2203,7 @@ therein is updated when dnsmasq receives SIGHUP.
>  Execute <file>, and treat what it emits to stdout as the contents of a configuration file.
>  If the script exits with a non-zero exit code, dnsmasq treats this as a fatal error.
>  The script can be passed arguments, space seperated from the filename and each other so, for instance
> -.B --conf-dir="/etc/dnsmasq-uncompress-ads /share/ads-domains.gz"
> +.B --conf-script="/etc/dnsmasq-uncompress-ads /share/ads-domains.gz"
> 
>  with /etc/dnsmasq-uncompress-ads containing
> 

Consider to do

  git stash save
  export BRANCH_NAME=a_name_you_chose_for_the_git_branch_about_this
  git checkout -b ${BRANCH_NAME}
  git stash pop
  git diff  # shows again what is shown above
  # important is to see the wanted change
  git add man/dnsmasq.8
  git commit
  # write commit message, leave editor
  git format-patch master
  # there is now a 0001-*.patch file
  git checkout -
  # you are now back in the git branch where you started


Do other good things, keep meanwhile an eye on other follow-up messages
of your email.

When non further follow-up messages happen,
sent the 0001-*.patch to the mailinglist.


Groeten
Geert Stappers
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