https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2373021
Bug ID: 2373021 Summary: Wrong German man page for lsmod (package kmod) Product: Fedora Localization Hardware: x86_64 OS: Linux Status: NEW Component: German [de] Severity: low Assignee: trans-de@lists.fedoraproject.org Reporter: htho.hoffmann@gmail.com QA Contact: trans-de@lists.fedoraproject.org CC: trans-de@lists.fedoraproject.org Target Milestone: --- Classification: Fedora
Description of problem: Thr German translation of the lsmod(8) man page shows options that are not there in the software.
See https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/lsmod-man-page-options-that-are-not-t... for details.
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 42
How reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce: 1. Call "man lsmod" in an installation with German language active. 2. 3.
Actual results: Options -s, -v, -V, -h advertised.
Expected results: According to functionality of lsmod no options should be shown.
Additional info: Starting w/ Fedora 43 the new kmod package lsmod will probably understand the above options.
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Dhirendra Pal Singh mazanand1976@gmail.com changed:
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--- Comment #1 from Dhirendra Pal Singh mazanand1976@gmail.com --- Hello,
I investigated the issue, and it appears the German translation of the lsmod(8) man page incorrectly includes options such as `-s`, `-v`, `-V`, and `-h`, which are not valid for the `lsmod` command. This likely stems from a mistranslation or misinherited template from other man pages.
As a proposed solution:
1. The translated section listing these options should be **removed** entirely. 2. The translation should reflect the upstream English man page, which does **not list any options**, as `lsmod` does not support them. 3. After removing the incorrect content, a translation synchronization check (`msgmerge`) could be performed to ensure consistency with the latest upstream template.
If needed, I can provide a patch to update the affected .po file by removing the incorrect entries.
Best regards, [Dhirendra Pal Singh]
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tomislav@posteo.de changed:
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--- Comment #2 from tomislav@posteo.de --- Hello,
It seems that the German translation is based on this English man page (which is not used in Fedora): https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/lsmod.8.html or see Arch: https://man.archlinux.org/man/lsmod.8.en
I don't know why there is an English man page with options that aren't there.
Kind regards, Thomas
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Mario Blättermann mario.blaettermann@gmail.com changed:
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--- Comment #3 from Mario Blättermann mario.blaettermann@gmail.com --- (In reply to Thomas from comment #2)
Hello,
It seems that the German translation is based on this English man page (which is not used in Fedora): https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/lsmod.8.html or see Arch: https://man.archlinux.org/man/lsmod.8.en
I don't know why there is an English man page with options that aren't there.
Kind regards, Thomas
mariobl@t450:~$ lsmod --help Usage: lsmod [options] Options: -s, --syslog print to syslog, not stderr -v, --verbose enables more messages -V, --version show version -h, --help show this help
These options *do* seem to be available (in f43) and working. Also shown in the English and German man page (the latter comes from the `man-pages-de` package).
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--- Comment #4 from htho.hoffmann@gmail.com --- Well, the options are available in F43 which is a good thing and so the bug report could be closed as "functionality of lsmod fixed". The bug was definitely there in F42, though.
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--- Comment #5 from Mario Blättermann mario.blaettermann@gmail.com --- (In reply to htho.hoffmann from comment #4)
Well, the options are available in F43 which is a good thing and so the bug report could be closed as "functionality of lsmod fixed".
You have reported the bug, so you can set the report to "CLOSED".
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htho.hoffmann@gmail.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |CLOSED Resolution|--- |CURRENTRELEASE Last Closed| |2026-02-12 20:58:47
--- Comment #6 from htho.hoffmann@gmail.com --- As suggested: the bug is fixed as the extended functionality of lsmod in F43 matches the description in the man page.
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