[Bug 2051420] Re: Error in dash(1) manual in <& and >& descriptions

[Gianfranco Costamagna]

** Package changed: boinc (Ubuntu) => dash (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  Error in dash(1) manual in <& and >& descriptions

Status in dash package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  $ man dash | grep '[<>]&n'
             [n1]<&n2    Copy file descriptor n2 as stdout (or fd n1).  fd n2.
             [n1]>&n2    Copy file descriptor n2 as stdin (or fd n1).  fd n2.

  The text looks mangled with orphaned "fd n2" not making any sense.

  The text has stdout and stdin confused/swapped.

  dash.1 says "stdout" for <& - compare:

  NetBSD sh.1 says

    [n1]<& n2   Redirect standard input (or n1) from a duplicate of file
  descriptor n2.

  
  OpenGroup text says:

     2.7.5 Duplicating an Input File Descriptor

    The redirection operator:

    [n]<&word

    shall duplicate one input file descriptor from another, or shall
  close one.

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