#1152245 uscan: Manual page omits command-line option ‘--update-watchfile’

Package:
devscripts
Source:
devscripts
Description:
scripts to make the life of a Debian Package maintainer easier
Submitter:
Ben Finney
Date:
2026-10-27 10:03:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1152245#5
Date:
2026-10-27 05:53:00 UTC
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The manual page ‘uscan(1)’, in its “COMMANDLINE OPTIONS” section, neglects
a formal definition of the ‘--update-watchfile’ command-line option.

The only mention is in a different part of the manual page. This is not
sufficient for documenting the command-line options in a standard manual
page; the ‘--update-watchfile’ option should also be described formally,
with syntax and expected behaviour, in the standard section of that
document.
#1152245#10
Date:
2026-10-27 09:52:22 UTC
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Control: tags -1 + patch

I have created a merge request implementing the change to the manual page
document; currently it merges cleanly to the ‘main’ branch
<URL: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/devscripts/-/merge_requests/671>.