URL:
<https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?67881>
Summary: [mdoc] "HYPHEN-MINUS" is rendered as a hyphen when
used with an option string in troff-mode
Group: GNU roff
Submitter: bjarniig
Submitted: Fri 02 Jan 2026 10:58:44 AM UTC
Category: Macro package mdoc
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: Incorrect behaviour
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Unlocked
Planned Release: None
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Date: Fri 02 Jan 2026 10:58:44 AM UTC By: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig>
Subject: [mdoc] "HYPHEN-MINUS" is rendered as a hyphen when used with an
option string in troff-mode
An example is in the manual "sudo.8" (version 1.9.17p2-1 (Debian
testing)).
.It Fl A , -askpass
The code produced is:
C\-
h5700
tA
f5
t,
wf38
h4166
C\-
h5700
t-askpass
The mandoc (Debian 1.14.6-4) program outputs only hyphens with the
'-Tps' and '-Tpdf' option (Debian bug #1124512).
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