[Bug 504899] New: mailx man page description doesn't match mailx implementation

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Summary: mailx man page description doesn't match mailx implementation

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           Summary: mailx man page description doesn't match mailx
                    implementation
           Product: Fedora
           Version: 10
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: medium
          Priority: low
         Component: mailx
        AssignedTo: varekova(a)redhat.com
        ReportedBy: redhat3(a)zacglen.com
         QAContact: extras-qa(a)fedoraproject.org
                CC: p.van.egdom(a)gmail.com, redhat3(a)zacglen.com,
                    dmitry(a)butskoy.name, varekova(a)redhat.com,
                    fedora-triage-list(a)redhat.com
   Estimated Hours: 0.0
    Classification: Fedora
          Clone Of: 188313


+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #188313 +++

Description of problem:
The options for mailx descriped in the mailx man page does not match the
implementation of mailx.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
mailx-12.4-1

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run "man mailx"
2. use that information to try to use /bin/mailx
3.

Actual results:

Many options fail.
For example, the "-e" option is described in the man page, but running
"mailx
-e" produces:
mailx: invalid option -- e
Usage: mail [-iInv] [-s subject] [-c cc-addr] [-b bcc-addr] to-addr ...
            [-- sendmail-options ...]
       mail [-iInNv] -f [name]
       mail [-iInNv] [-u user]

Expected results:
The options described in the mailx man page should match what the mailx program
accepts.

Additional info:

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Danny Yee <danny(a)anatomy.usyd.edu.au&gt; changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Dmitry Butskoy <dmitry(a)butskoy.name&gt;  2009-06-16 10:12:02 EDT
---
Looks strange. Does "man mail" describe "-e" option as well or not?
("man mailx" refers to /usr/share/man/man1p/mailx.1p.gz from the
"man-pages"
package, whereas "man mail" refers to own mailx's manual
/usr/share/man/man1/mail.1.gz)

What is your output of "which mailx" or "type mailx", and "rpm
-qf /bin/mailx"
?

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--- Comment #2 from JW <redhat3(a)zacglen.com&gt;  2009-06-16 10:22:20 EDT ---
Do you have access to a Fedora system where you can check it out?

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--- Comment #3 from Dmitry Butskoy <dmitry(a)butskoy.name&gt;  2009-06-16 10:45:47 EDT
---
Sure! But on my system, it works fine... ;)

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--- Comment #4 from Walter Neumann <neumann(a)math.columbia.edu&gt;  2009-10-12 09:15:55
EDT ---
I have the same problem. Turns out I am not using the mailx from the fedora
package -- at some point in the distant past I'd installed another in
/usr/local/bin when the fedora one crashed. Just checked the current fedora
mailx and it seems fine.  I suspect JW's problem may be similar, in which case
this is notabug.

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Dmitry Butskoy <dmitry(a)butskoy.name&gt; changed:

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             Status|NEW                         |CLOSED
         Resolution|                            |NOTABUG




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--- Comment #5 from JW <redhat3(a)zacglen.com&gt;  2009-10-12 10:01:32 EDT ---
It *was* a bug.

It was fixed in a previous version: somewhere just before 12.4-1 and possibly
as a result of this bug report.

So please amend from NOTABUG to CURRENTRELEASE or just plain RESOLED (there
should be such a Status or dont bugs ever get fixed?)

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--- Comment #6 from Dmitry Butskoy <dmitry(a)butskoy.name&gt;  2009-10-12 10:11:47 EDT
---
For comment #5 :

>  It was fixed in a previous version: somewhere just before 12.4-1
According to http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/mailx/F-10/,
mailx in F10 was last changed 14 months ago (ie. in August 2008), whereas your
bug report about F10's mailx is dated at  2009-06-09 ...

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