Follow-up Comment #2, bug #54910 (project groff): Yes, your autoconf solution seems like the best fit for the man pages. I was unaware of this feature of autoconf.
Being wholly unfamiliar with groff's build process, it's best that I not attempt to change any autoconf files or Makefiles, lest I break the build. But I have updated the remaining files you mention and attached a patch (which also fixes a couple of trivial errors in grammar, punctuation, etc., that I spotted in the process). Some specific notes on five of these files: NEWS I did not update this file; its one reference to [email protected] is under the "VERSION 1.17" section, and I'm not sure it makes sense to modify that at this point. PROJECTS Since the context of [email protected] in this file is not reporting bugs, instead of changing it to point to the bug tracker, I changed the address to that of the groff discussion list. (However, I don't know whether this list is configured to accept email from nonsubscribers, so this may not be a viable change.) README, doc/webpage.ms These files already recommended the bug tracker as the bug-reporting mechanism; they said using the method in the file BUG-REPORT was an alternative. As BUG-REPORT also now points to the bug tracker, I've tweaked this wording. doc/groff.texi The address [email protected] was used only once in this file, not as an address to report bugs, but as the email address for Werner Lemberg. I would take this to mean he doesn't want his actual email address in public documentation, except that it appears in many other places throughout groff source code and documentation alike. So it doesn't seem unreasonable to put it in this file as well. I will email him to confirm that this is OK. Additionally, I modified INSTALL.extra: Like README, this cited the file BUG-REPORT as an alternative mechanism. I removed this wording entirely. (file #45371) _______________________________________________________ Additional Item Attachment: File name: buggroff.patch Size:11 KB _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?54910> _______________________________________________ Message sent via Savannah https://savannah.gnu.org/ _______________________________________________ bug-groff mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-groff
