Where can I report Bash manual errors?

[Paddy Landau]

I found a couple of (minor) errors in the Bash manual.

Go to man bash.

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1. Search for OPTIONS (right at the start of the manual).

The option -n is missing. Although it is mentioned in a few places, it should be included in the list of options.

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2. Search for INVOCATION (near the top).

In that section is a paragraph containing the explanation, "… it reads and executes commands from ~/.bashrc and ~/.bashrc."

Obviously, there shouldn't be two files the same. An online manual indicates that it should be just the one

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I found this in both Ubuntu 20.04 and 21.10.

Where can I report these so that they can be corrected?

[oldos2er]

The info from

man bash

says

Comments and bug reports concerning this manual page  should  be  directed  to
       chet.ramey@case.edu.

[Paddy Landau]

Comments and bug reports concerning this manual page should be directed to…

I didn't think of looking at the end of the Bash manual! It should have been obvious

Thank you

[Paddy Landau]

Update: I emailed Chet Ramey, and had these two responses.

• The start of the OPTIONS section says that all of the options in the set command can also be used. That includes -n.
• The repeated file was introduced in Debian, which Ubuntu has inherited.

So, that solves this missing option.

Regarding Debian's introduced bug, do you know where I should report this?

Thank you

[ks-alexandr]

To send a bug report to any package supported by Canonical, you need two things:
1. Launchpad account https://launchpad.net/
2. Execute in the terminal:

ubuntu-bug PACKAGE-NAME

and follow the instructions.

By doing bug reports, you are helping to make Ubuntu better.

[Paddy Landau]

ubuntu-bug PACKAGE-NAME

Thanks. I've created the bug report. Please vote for it if you agree (the green writing at the top left).