Bug 861 – 1.8.26 generates incomplete sudo(8)

Bug 861 - 1.8.26 generates incomplete sudo(8)


Summary:	1.8.26 generates incomplete sudo(8)

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Product:	Sudo
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Documentation
Version:	1.8.26
Hardware:	PC Linux

Importance:	low normal
Assigned To:	Todd C. Miller

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Duplicates:	866 (view as bug list)
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Reported:	2018-11-23 01:18 MST by Evangelos Foutras
Modified:	2019-01-12 10:04 MST (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Evangelos Foutras 2018-11-23 01:18:12 MST

On Linux, the last line in sudo(8) is:

  "If no askpass program is available, sudo will exit with an error."

This seems to be caused by the switch to BSD macros. [1]

My guess is that fixmdoc.sh needs to be adjusted accordingly.

This also seems like a typo in [1]:

  -BSD login class
  +.Bx No login class

[1] https://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/7f23209a5e1c

Comment 1 Todd C. Miller 2018-11-23 06:44:02 MST

Thanks for reporting this.  I've committed the following fix:
https://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/7ddfb74781a1

Comment 2 Evangelos Foutras 2018-11-23 09:04:04 MST

Cheers for the quick fix. The man pages look fine to me on Linux now.

Comment 3 Todd C. Miller 2019-01-03 09:54:22 MST

*** Bug 866 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 4 Todd C. Miller 2019-01-12 10:04:20 MST

Fixed in sudo 1.8.27, out now.  The sudo manuals now use conditional troff macros rather than extensive post-processing.