On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 07:10:13PM +0200, Abraham vd Merwe wrote: > When checking my libdebug packages, I get: > > ------------< snip <------< snip <------< snip <------------ > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/work/libdebug$ lintian -i libdebug_0.4.1_i386.changes > W: libdebug0-dev: manpage-section-mismatch > usr/share/man/man3/hexdump.3debug.gz:30 3debug != 3 > N: > N: A man page usually should contain a .TH header, specifying the > N: section. The section in this manpage doesn't match with the section in > N: the filename. Please consult groff_man(7) for more information about > N: .TH syntax (amongst others). > N: > W: libdebug0-dev: manpage-section-mismatch > usr/share/man/man3/log_open.3debug.gz:30 3debug != 3 > W: libdebug0-dev: manpage-section-mismatch > usr/share/man/man3/mem_open.3debug.gz:30 3debug != 3 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/work/libdebug$ > ------------< snip <------< snip <------< snip <------------ > > I am using the debug extension for man pages in all my libraries in order to > avoid polluting the namespace. This convention is also used by other people > (openssl, ncurses, etc)
The complaint is not about that, but that the .TH line doesn't match the filename. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
