openssh unix dev - Apr 2002 - [Bug 217] New: mdoc2man.pl puts wrong name into ssh.1 man page

http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217

           Summary: mdoc2man.pl puts wrong name into ssh.1 man page
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: 3.1p1
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: Documentation
        AssignedTo: openssh-unix-dev at mindrot.org
        ReportedBy: pspencer at fields.utoronto.ca


On systems where mdoc2man.pl is used, it puts the wrong name ("sftp"
instead of
"ssh") into the ssh.1 man page. For example, under GatewayPorts:
"By default,
sftp binds local port forwardings .... GatewayPorts can be used to specify that
sftp should bind local port forwardings ..."

The problem is that ssh.1 includes the following lines:

   when specifying configuration options using the
  .Nm ssh ,
  .Nm scp
  and
  .Nm sftp
  .Fl o
  option.

In mdoc2man.pl the line ".Nm sftp" sets $name to be "sftp"
so subsequent
unqualified uses of ".Nm" produce "sftp" instead of
"ssh".

The attached patch fixes the problem by not allowing $name to be redefined once
set.



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