[DRE-maint] Bug#380559: closed by Debian FTP Masters <ftpmaster at ftp-master.debian.org> (reply to Abhijith PA <abhijith at debian.org>) (Bug#380559: fixed in rdtool 0.6.39-1)

Thu May 28 07:49:40 BST 2026

Wow.  There cannot have been many times since the invention of computers
where more time has passed between a bug report and its successful
resolution.  At least, I'm going to assume it was successful; whatever I
was trying to do 20 years ago is unknown to me and I have no easy means to
test this fix, not least as I do not run Debian anymore.  :)  Still, thank
you for your hard work, just in general.

On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 10:54 AM Debian Bug Tracking System <
owner at bugs.debian.org> wrote:

> This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report
> which was filed against the rdtool package:
>
> #380559: rdtool: Does not allow other sections to be defined.
>
> It has been closed by Debian FTP Masters <ftpmaster at ftp-master.debian.org>
> (reply to Abhijith PA <abhijith at debian.org>).
>
> Their explanation is attached below along with your original report.
> If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a
> better one in a separate message then please contact Debian FTP Masters <
> ftpmaster at ftp-master.debian.org> (reply to Abhijith PA <
> abhijith at debian.org>) by
> replying to this email.
>
>
> --
> 380559: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=380559
> Debian Bug Tracking System
> Contact owner at bugs.debian.org with problems
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Debian FTP Masters <ftpmaster at ftp-master.debian.org>
> To: 380559-close at bugs.debian.org
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 17:50:23 +0000
> Subject: Bug#380559: fixed in rdtool 0.6.39-1
> Source: rdtool
> Source-Version: 0.6.39-1
> Done: Abhijith PA <abhijith at debian.org>
>
> We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
> rdtool, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
>
> A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
> attached.
>
> Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
> have further comments please address them to 380559 at bugs.debian.org,
> and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
>
> Debian distribution maintenance software
> pp.
> Abhijith PA <abhijith at debian.org> (supplier of updated rdtool package)
>
> (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
> believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
> administrators by mailing ftpmaster at ftp-master.debian.org)
>
>
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> Format: 1.8
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 21:36:18 +0530
> Source: rdtool
> Architecture: source
> Version: 0.6.39-1
> Distribution: unstable
> Urgency: medium
> Maintainer: Debian Ruby Team <
> pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers at lists.alioth.debian.org>
> Changed-By: Abhijith PA <abhijith at debian.org>
> Closes: 380559
> Changes:
>  rdtool (0.6.39-1) unstable; urgency=medium
>  .
>    * Team upload
>    [ Debian Janitor ]
>    * Update watch file format version to 5.
>    * Reorder Files paragraphs in debian/copyright by directory depth.
>    * Update standards version to 4.7.4, no changes needed.
>  .
>    [ Abhijith PA ]
>    * New upstream release. (Closes: #380559)
>    * Refresh patches
>     + 010_change_dot_rd2rc_path
>     + 040_honour_SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell at digitalkingdom.org>
> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit at bugs.debian.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 14:04:27 -0700
> Subject: rdtool: Does not allow other sections to be defined.
> Package: rdtool
> Version: 0.6.20-1
> Severity: important
>
>
> rd/rd2man-lib.rb gives no means of generating a man page for a
> seciton other than 1.
>
> The source includes the line:
>
> .TH #{title} 1 "#{Time.now.strftime '%B %Y'}"
>
> That "1" is hard-coded, and means that all man pages, even those put
> in other sections, will say (1) in them.
>
> Farther up it has:
>
> OUTPUT_SUFFIX = "1"
>
> I suspect (not knowing an Ruby at all) that putting something in the
> man page saying how to set OUTPUT_SUFFIX *and* changing the .TH line
> to use it would solve the problem.
>
> -Robin
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
>   APT prefers testing
>   APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-vserver
> Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
>
> Versions of packages rdtool depends on:
> ii  librd-ruby1.8                 0.6.20-1   RDTool library for Ruby 1.8
> ii  ruby1.8                       1.8.4-5    Interpreter of
> object-oriented scr
>
> rdtool recommends no packages.
>
> -- no debconf information
>
>
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