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0008908Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Jobs, Militarypublic2015-04-05 19:282015-04-06 18:32
m-logik 
lethosor 
normalminoralways
resolvedduplicate 
windows8.1
0.40.24 
 
0008908: Military dwarves with station or kill orders often report the incorrect job in the units list and v - g.
When given an order to station in a or kill something, an individual dwarf will sometimes show "Go to combat training" as their active job. Conversely, a dwarf will sometimes show the order they were given as the active job while going to do something else.
For the first case, it can usually be reproduced by taking a dwarf that is participating in a demonstration and sending that dwarf (alone) to perform a station or kill order. In the second case, allowing a dwarf to complete a kill order (resulting in a "Urist McOffdutynow has become a cheesemaker" announcement) and then giving the same dwarf a new task will usually result in them showing the job as active while they go to perform another task.
I have seen this consistently in every one of my .40.x forts. The former case seems to happen much more often than the latter.
In the latter case where a dwarf shows that they are performing the order but have actually left to do something else, there is no announcement to indicate that they are not performing the job. Something to the effect of "Dastot Letmoslokum cancels kill troglodytes: hungry." would be useful, along with actually clearing the job from their status in the u and v screens.
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duplicate of 0000388acknowledged lethosor Military units give incorrect task information 
Issue History
2015-04-05 19:28m-logikNew Issue
2015-04-06 13:26DetrosNote Added: 0032538
2015-04-06 18:32lethosorNote Added: 0032544
2015-04-06 18:32lethosorRelationship addedduplicate of 0000388
2015-04-06 18:32lethosorStatusnew => resolved
2015-04-06 18:32lethosorResolutionopen => duplicate
2015-04-06 18:32lethosorAssigned To => lethosor

Notes
(0032538)
Detros   
2015-04-06 13:26   
Return of 0000388, "Military units give incorrect task information"
(0032544)
lethosor   
2015-04-06 18:32   
Thanks! m-logik, it would be helpful to upload a save to http://dffd.bay12games.com/ [^] and link to it at 0000388.