Bug#1021709: manpages.debian.org: FAQ is full of deadlinks, incl. to the static assets repo

[наб]

Package: manpages.debian.org
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

https://dyn.manpages.debian.org/faq.html:
source code: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/collab-maint/debian-goodies.git/plain/dman?id=19924c907a8b907eaea3c0d942c5ae780ef6111e
static assets repository: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/srv-manpages/debian-assets.git/
hosted on Alioth: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/srv-manpages/debian-assets.git/
404, AIUI anonscm/alioth has been dead for years

Alioth project: https://alioth.debian.org/projects/srv-manpages/
doesn't even resolve

mdocml: http://mdocml.bsd.lv/
Report at mdocml: http://mdocml.bsd.lv/contact.html
it's been mandoc for close to a decade, and should be
mandoc: https://mandoc.bsd.lv/
Report at mandoc: http://mandoc.bsd.lv/contact.html

I'd post a patch, but, well. No clue what against, given the givens.

Best,
Маб

[Joost van Baal-Ilić]

Hi наб,

Thanks for your report!

Post by наб
Package: manpages.debian.org
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
source code: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/collab-maint/debian-goodies.git/plain/dman?id=19924c907a8b907eaea3c0d942c5ae780ef6111e
static assets repository: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/srv-manpages/debian-assets.git/
hosted on Alioth: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/srv-manpages/debian-assets.git/
404, AIUI anonscm/alioth has been dead for years
Alioth project: https://alioth.debian.org/projects/srv-manpages/
doesn't even resolve
mdocml: http://mdocml.bsd.lv/
Report at mdocml: http://mdocml.bsd.lv/contact.html
it's been mandoc for close to a decade, and should be
mandoc: https://mandoc.bsd.lv/
Report at mandoc: http://mandoc.bsd.lv/contact.html
I'd post a patch, but, well. No clue what against, given the givens.

https://dyn.manpages.debian.org/faq.html redirects here to
https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/avr-libc/FAQ.3avr.en.html which I asssume
is build from avr-libc 1:2.0.0+Atmel3.6.2-1.1 . I guess you'd have to report
a bug to avr-libc. *But* I can't find any of the problems you've found in the
webpage @ https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/avr-libc/FAQ.3avr.en.html ....

Bye,

Joost

[наб]

Hi!

Post by Joost van Baal-Ilić
https://dyn.manpages.debian.org/faq.html redirects here to
https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/avr-libc/FAQ.3avr.en.html which I asssume
is build from avr-libc 1:2.0.0+Atmel3.6.2-1.1 . I guess you'd have to report
a bug to avr-libc. *But* I can't find any of the problems you've found in the

Of course it does. I even got this once while testing.
This is a caching issue ‒ for me it shows the Manpages FAQ,
and if I Ctrl-Shift-R it shows the avr-libc FAQ(3) like it does for you.

So this is another bug, I guess, since the top bar links to
dyn.m.d.o/faq.html instead of the correct dyn.-free page on the error
pages for example (i got there from the nonexistent m.d.o/unrar, which
redirected me to dyn.m.d.o/unrar to show me the 404).

My report concerns the Debian Manpages FAQ with canonical URL
https://manpages.debian.org/faq.html
(at least I hope that's the canonical URL!)

Best,
Маб

[Joost van Baal-Ilić]

Hi наб,

Post by наб

Post by Joost van Baal-Ilić
https://dyn.manpages.debian.org/faq.html redirects here to
https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/avr-libc/FAQ.3avr.en.html which I asssume
is build from avr-libc 1:2.0.0+Atmel3.6.2-1.1 . I guess you'd have to report
a bug to avr-libc. *But* I can't find any of the problems you've found in the

Of course it does. I even got this once while testing.
This is a caching issue ‒ for me it shows the Manpages FAQ,
and if I Ctrl-Shift-R it shows the avr-libc FAQ(3) like it does for you.
So this is another bug, I guess, since the top bar links to
dyn.m.d.o/faq.html instead of the correct dyn.-free page on the error
pages for example (i got there from the nonexistent m.d.o/unrar, which
redirected me to dyn.m.d.o/unrar to show me the 404).
My report concerns the Debian Manpages FAQ with canonical URL
https://manpages.debian.org/faq.html
(at least I hope that's the canonical URL!)

Aha! It seems debiman is where this should get reported. Either

reportbug debiman

(it's shipped with unstable and oldstable) or @ https://github.com/Debian/debiman/ .

HTH, Bye,

Joost

[наб]

Hi!

Post by Joost van Baal-Ilić

Post by наб

Post by Joost van Baal-Ilić
https://dyn.manpages.debian.org/faq.html redirects here to
https://manpages.debian.org/bullseye/avr-libc/FAQ.3avr.en.html which I asssume
is build from avr-libc 1:2.0.0+Atmel3.6.2-1.1 . I guess you'd have to report
a bug to avr-libc. *But* I can't find any of the problems you've found in the

My report concerns the Debian Manpages FAQ with canonical URL
https://manpages.debian.org/faq.html
(at least I hope that's the canonical URL!)

Aha! It seems debiman is where this should get reported. Either
reportbug debiman

I looked at the repository when I was preparing the report and didn't
see any matches for "alioth" or "static ass"; I looked again, this time
at the current sid package (0.0~git20200217.fc82521-1) and likewise see
no matches.

AFAICT this is an issue with the "static assets repository"
(404s in the FAQ) which is part of manpages.d.o more so than debiman
which is mostly frontend-agnostic it seems,
and doesn't ship the FAQ/Index/About pages?

Best,
Маб

[Holger Wansing]

Hi,

Post by наб
Package: manpages.debian.org
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
source code: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/collab-maint/debian-goodies.git/plain/dman?id=19924c907a8b907eaea3c0d942c5ae780ef6111e
static assets repository: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/srv-manpages/debian-assets.git/
hosted on Alioth: https://anonscm.debian.org/git/srv-manpages/debian-assets.git/
404, AIUI anonscm/alioth has been dead for years
Alioth project: https://alioth.debian.org/projects/srv-manpages/
doesn't even resolve
mdocml: http://mdocml.bsd.lv/
Report at mdocml: http://mdocml.bsd.lv/contact.html
it's been mandoc for close to a decade, and should be
mandoc: https://mandoc.bsd.lv/
Report at mandoc: http://mandoc.bsd.lv/contact.html
I'd post a patch, but, well. No clue what against, given the givens.

The dead URLs you mention have already been reported in
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=960597
(but not fixed, sadly).

If you want to help with this and provide a proper patch, that
would be against debian-assets:
https://salsa.debian.org/manpages-team/debian-assets/-/blob/master/faq.tmpl

Holger

[наб]

Control: tag -1 + patch
Control: forwarded -1 https://salsa.debian.org/manpages-team/debian-assets/-/merge_requests/1

Hi!

Post by Holger Wansing

Post by наб
I'd post a patch, but, well. No clue what against, given the givens.

The dead URLs you mention have already been reported in
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=960597
(but not fixed, sadly).

Added to patch message.

Post by Holger Wansing
If you want to help with this and provide a proper patch, that
https://salsa.debian.org/manpages-team/debian-assets/-/blob/master/faq.tmpl

Thanks, that's what I was looking for!

No wonder this was out-of-date ‒ the last commit that touched this file
was in June of 2017.

Patches attached, also posted them as an MR there.

Post by Holger Wansing
Holger

Best,
Маб

[наб]

One day I'll actually attach a patch when I say I do.

[Debian Bug Tracking System]

tag -1 + patch

Bug #1021709 [manpages.debian.org] manpages.debian.org: FAQ is full of deadlinks, incl. to the static assets repo
Added tag(s) patch.

forwarded -1 https://salsa.debian.org/manpages-team/debian-assets/-/merge_requests/1

Bug #1021709 [manpages.debian.org] manpages.debian.org: FAQ is full of deadlinks, incl. to the static assets repo
Set Bug forwarded-to-address to 'https://salsa.debian.org/manpages-team/debian-assets/-/merge_requests/1'.