Package: libxt-dev
Version: 1:1.2.1-1.3+b2
Severity: minor
Tags: patch upstream
Additional remarks.
I am not subscribed.
Mails from me to "[email protected]" are no longer acknowledged. A
Debian maintainer told me, that he would contact the mail administrator
about me not wanting to send bugs upstream.
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Dear Maintainer,
>From "/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt.gz":
Don't file bugs upstream
If you file a bug in Debian, don't send a copy to the upstream software
maintainers yourself, as it is possible that the bug exists only in
Debian. If necessary, the maintainer of the package will forward the
bug upstream.
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For forwarding bug reports to upstream see:
https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#forward
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"Handling bug reports" in
http://people.debian.org/~enrico/dcg/ch03s02.html
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I do not send reports upstream if I have to get an account there.
The Debian maintainers have one already.
If I get a negative (or no) response from upstream, I send henceforth
bugs to Debian.
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* What led up to the situation?
Checking for defects with a new version
test-[g|n]roff -mandoc -t -K utf8 -rF0 -rHY=0 -rCHECKSTYLE=0 -ww -z < "man page"
[Use
grep -n -e ' $' -e '\\~$' -e ' \\f.$' -e ' \\"' <file>
to find (most) trailing spaces.]
["test-groff" is a script in the repository for "groff"; is not shipped]
(local copy and "troff" slightly changed by me).
[The fate of "test-nroff" was decided in groff bug #55941.]
* What was the outcome of this action?
Output from "test-groff -mandoc -t -K utf8 -rF0 -rHY=0 -rCHECKSTYLE=0 -ww -z ":
troff:<stdin>:35: warning: skipping hyphenation exception word containing
character ',' [-w char]
Output from "test-nroff -mandoc -t -K utf8 -rF0 -rHY=0 -rCHECKSTYLE=0 -ww -z ":
troff:<stdin>:35: warning: skipping hyphenation exception word containing
character ',' [-w char]
* What outcome did you expect instead?
No output (no warnings).
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General remarks and further material, if a diff-file exist, are in the
attachments.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: forky/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 7.0.4+deb14-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=is_IS.iso88591, LC_CTYPE=is_IS.iso88591 (charmap=ISO-8859-1),
LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
Versions of packages libxt-dev depends on:
ii libsm-dev 2:1.2.6-1+b2
ii libx11-dev 2:1.8.13-1
ii libxt6t64 1:1.2.1-1.3+b2
ii x11proto-dev 2025.1-1
libxt-dev recommends no packages.
Versions of packages libxt-dev suggests:
pn libxt-doc <none>
-- no debconf information
Input file is XtAppAddWorkProc.3
Output from "mandoc -T lint XtAppAddWorkProc.3": (shortened list)
1 STYLE: input text line longer than 80 bytes
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Output from
test-nroff -mandoc -t -Kutf8 -ww -z XtAppAddWorkProc.3: (shortened list)
1 skipping hyphenation exception word containing character ',' [-w char]
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The name of a man page is typeset in bold (or italic) and the section in
roman (see man-pages(7)).
67:XtAppNextEvent(3)
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Change comment lines of type '.\" ====', '.\" ---', and an empty
'.\"' line) to a single period, as they contain no information and waste
work each time they are processed.
2:.\"
10:.\"
13:.\"
21:.\"
26:.\"
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Output from "test-groff -mandoc -t -K utf8 -rF0 -rHY=0 -rCHECKSTYLE=0 -ww -z ":
troff:<stdin>:35: warning: skipping hyphenation exception word containing
character ',' [-w char]
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Generally:
Split (sometimes) lines after a punctuation mark; before a conjunction.
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Tables:
Use the preprocessor 'tbl' to make tables.
Put data, that are wider than the header in the (centered) last column,
in a "T{...\nT}" block(, when the table gets wider than the output line).
Table headers, that are wider than any data in the corresponding column,
do not need to be centered, so left adjustment (l, L) is sufficient.
--- XtAppAddWorkProc.3 2026-05-13 08:50:53.546682024 +0000
+++ XtAppAddWorkProc.3.new 2026-05-13 08:59:42.121015828 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
.\" Copyright 1993 X Consortium
-.\"
+.
.\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
.\" a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
.\" "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
.\" distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
.\" permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
.\" the following conditions:
-.\"
+.
.\" The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
.\" included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-.\"
+.
.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
.\" EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
.\" MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
.\" OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
.\" ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
.\" OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-.\"
+.
.\" Except as contained in this notice, the name of the X Consortium shall
.\" not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or
.\" other dealings in this Software without prior written authorization
.\" from the X Consortium.
-.\"
+.
.ds tk X Toolkit
.ds xT X Toolkit Intrinsics \- C Language Interface
.ds xI Intrinsics
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.ds xC Inter-Client Communication Conventions Manual
.ds Rn 3
.ds Vn 2.2
-.hw XtApp-AddWork-Proc, XtRemove-Work-Proc wid-get
+.hw XtApp-AddWork-Proc XtRemove-Work-Proc wid-get
.na
.TH XtAppAddWorkProc 3 "libXt 1.2.1" "X Version 11" "XT FUNCTIONS"
.SH NAME
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ The
.B XtRemoveWorkProc
function explicitly removes the specified background work procedure.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-XtAppNextEvent(3)
+.BR XtAppNextEvent (3)
.br
\fI\*(xT\fP
.br
Any program (person), that produces man pages, should check the output
for defects by using (both groff and nroff)
[gn]roff -mandoc -t -ww -b -z -K utf8 <man page>
To find trailing space use
grep -n -e ' $' -e ' \\f.$' -e ' \\"' <man page>
The same goes for man pages that are used as an input.
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For a style guide use
mandoc -T lint
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For general input conventions consult the man page "nroff(7)" (item
"Input conventions") or the Texinfo manual about the same item.
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Any "autogenerator" should check its products with the above mentioned
'groff', 'mandoc', and additionally with 'nroff ...'.
It should also check its input files for too long (> 80) lines.
This is just a simple quality control measure.
The "autogenerator" may have to be corrected to get a better man page,
the source file may, and any additional file may.
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Common defects:
Not removing trailing spaces (in in- and output).
The reason for these trailing spaces should be found and eliminated.
"git" has a "tool" to point out whitespace,
see for example "git-apply(1)" and git-config(1)")
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Not beginning each input sentence on a new line.
Line length and patch size should thus be reduced when that has been fixed.
The script "reportbug" uses 'quoted-printable' encoding when a line is
longer than 1024 characters in an 'ascii' file.
See man-pages(7), item "semantic newline".
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The difference between the formatted output of the original
and patched file can be seen with:
nroff -mandoc <file1> > <out1>
nroff -mandoc <file2> > <out2>
diff -d -u <out1> <out2>
and for groff, using
\"printf '%s\n%s\n' '.kern 0' '.ss 12 0' | groff -mandoc -Z - \"
instead of 'nroff -mandoc'
Add the option '-t', if the file contains a table.
Read the output from 'diff -d -u ...' with 'less -R' or similar.
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If 'man' (man-db) is used to check the manual for warnings,
the following must be set:
The option "-warnings=w"
The environmental variable:
export MAN_KEEP_STDERR=yes (or any non-empty value)
or
(produce only warnings):
export MANROFFOPT="-ww -b -z"
export MAN_KEEP_STDERR=yes (or any non-empty value)
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