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 <h1>What version of <em>man-pages</em> do I have?</h1>

 <p>
   When making bug reports,
   please specify what version of <em>man-pages</em> you are using.
   (To make my life easier still, you could
   <a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/">download</a>
   the latest version of the <em>man-pages</em> tarball,
   or look in the
   <a href="http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/index.html">online pages</a>
   and check if the bug is still present.)
 </p>

 <p>
   Since <em>man-pages-2.69</em>, you can see what version of
   <em>man-pages</em> a page comes from by looking in the COLOPHON
   section at the end of the page.
 </p>

 <p>
   If your system has an older version of
   <em>man-pages</em> then you can determine the version as
   described below.
   By way of example, here's how to find the version of
   <em>man-pages</em> containing the
   <span class="man-page">chown(2)</span>
   man page.
 </p>


 <h3>RPM-based distributions</h3>

 <p>
   On an RPM-based distribution (e.g., SUSE, Red Hat, Mandriva),
   use the following:
 </p>
 <pre class="shell">
 $ <strong>rpm -qf $(man -w </strong><em>&lt;section&gt; &lt;page-name&gt;</em><strong>)</strong>
 </pre>
 <p>
   For example:
 </p>
 <pre class="shell">
 $ <strong>rpm -qf $(man -w 2 chown)</strong>
 man-pages-2.41-11
 </pre>
 <p>
   If you do not see the string "man-pages" in the output,
   then the page you are looking at is not part of <em>man-pages</em>,
   and you need to look
   <a href="man_pages_other.html">here</a>.
 </p>

 <h3>Debian-based distributions</h3>

 <p>
   On a Debian-based distribution (e.g., Debian, Knoppix, Ubuntu), we can use
   <span class="cmd">dpkg</span> command:
 </p>

 <pre class="shell">
 $ <strong>dpkg -S $(man -w </strong><em>&lt;section&gt; &lt;page-name&gt;</em><strong>)</strong>
 </pre>

 <p>
   This should print a line that contains the string "manpages" or "manpages-dev".
   If it does not, then you need to look
   <a href="man_pages_other.html">here</a>.
 </p>

 <p>
   The <span class="cmd">dpkg -p</span> command can then be used
   to find out the upstream version of <em>man-pages</em> from which the
   Debian "manpages" or "manpages-dev" package has been taken.
   For example:
 </p>

 <pre class="shell">
 $ <strong>dpkg -S $(man -w 2 chown)</strong>
 manpages-dev: /usr/share/man/man2/chown.2.gz
 $ <strong>dpkg -p manpages-dev | grep Version</strong>
 Version: 2.39-1
 </pre>

 <h3>Gentoo</h3>

 <p>
   On Gentoo, we can use the
   <span class="cmd">equery belongs</span>
   command to do similar:
 </p>
 <pre class="shell">
 $ <strong>equery belongs $(man -w </strong><em>&lt;section&gt; &lt;page-name&gt;</em><strong>)</strong>
 </pre>

 <p>
   For example:
 </p>

 <pre class="shell">
 $ <strong>equery belongs $(man -w 2 chown)</strong>
 sys-apps/man-pages-2.63
 </pre>
 <p>
   If you do not see the string "man-pages" in the output,
   then the page you are looking at is not part of <em>man-pages</em>,
   and you need to look
   <a href="man_pages_other.html">here</a>.
 </p>


 <h3>Other distributions</h3>

 <p>
   (FIXME: add instructions for doing the equivalent of the above on
   distributions that use other schemes.)
 </p>

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	<h1>What version of <em>man-pages</em> do I have?</h1>

	<p>
	When making bug reports,
	please specify what version of <em>man-pages</em> you are using.
	(To make my life easier still, you could
	<a href="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/man-pages/">download</a>
	the latest version of the <em>man-pages</em> tarball,
	or look in the
	<a href="http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/index.html">online pages</a>
	and check if the bug is still present.)
	</p>

	<p>
	Since <em>man-pages-2.69</em>, you can see what version of
	<em>man-pages</em> a page comes from by looking in the COLOPHON
	section at the end of the page.
	</p>

	<p>
	If your system has an older version of
	<em>man-pages</em> then you can determine the version as
	described below.
	By way of example, here's how to find the version of
	<em>man-pages</em> containing the
	<span class="man-page">chown(2)</span>
	man page.
	</p>


	<h3>RPM-based distributions</h3>

	<p>
	On an RPM-based distribution (e.g., SUSE, Red Hat, Mandriva),
	use the following:
	</p>
	<pre class="shell">
	$ <strong>rpm -qf $(man -w </strong><em><section> <page-name></em><strong>)</strong>
	</pre>
	<p>
	For example:
	</p>
	<pre class="shell">
	$ <strong>rpm -qf $(man -w 2 chown)</strong>
	man-pages-2.41-11
	</pre>
	<p>
	If you do not see the string "man-pages" in the output,
	then the page you are looking at is not part of <em>man-pages</em>,
	and you need to look
	<a href="man_pages_other.html">here</a>.
	</p>

	<h3>Debian-based distributions</h3>

	<p>
	On a Debian-based distribution (e.g., Debian, Knoppix, Ubuntu), we can use
	<span class="cmd">dpkg</span> command:
	</p>

	<pre class="shell">
	$ <strong>dpkg -S $(man -w </strong><em><section> <page-name></em><strong>)</strong>
	</pre>

	<p>
	This should print a line that contains the string "manpages" or "manpages-dev".
	If it does not, then you need to look
	<a href="man_pages_other.html">here</a>.
	</p>

	<p>
	The <span class="cmd">dpkg -p</span> command can then be used
	to find out the upstream version of <em>man-pages</em> from which the
	Debian "manpages" or "manpages-dev" package has been taken.
	For example:
	</p>

	<pre class="shell">
	$ <strong>dpkg -S $(man -w 2 chown)</strong>
	manpages-dev: /usr/share/man/man2/chown.2.gz
	$ <strong>dpkg -p manpages-dev \| grep Version</strong>
	Version: 2.39-1
	</pre>

	<h3>Gentoo</h3>

	<p>
	On Gentoo, we can use the
	<span class="cmd">equery belongs</span>
	command to do similar:
	</p>
	<pre class="shell">
	$ <strong>equery belongs $(man -w </strong><em><section> <page-name></em><strong>)</strong>
	</pre>

	<p>
	For example:
	</p>

	<pre class="shell">
	$ <strong>equery belongs $(man -w 2 chown)</strong>
	sys-apps/man-pages-2.63
	</pre>
	<p>
	If you do not see the string "man-pages" in the output,
	then the page you are looking at is not part of <em>man-pages</em>,
	and you need to look
	<a href="man_pages_other.html">here</a>.
	</p>


	<h3>Other distributions</h3>

	<p>
	(FIXME: add instructions for doing the equivalent of the above on
	distributions that use other schemes.)
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