On 2012-01-13, Ingo Schwarze <schwa...@usta.de> wrote: >>> mandoc will warn you about manpage problems if you build with >>> 'make WARNINGS=yes' (or add WARNINGS=yes to mk.conf). I would suggest >>> that porters set this, it gives a good early indication when manpages >>> need further investigation. > > Sure; however, most problems shown by 'WARNINGS=yes', which actually > runs 'mandoc -Tlint', should be fixed upstream, and only a small > fraction needs porter action.
Absolutely, the porter is encouraged to use their brain when dealing with warning output ;) I don't mean suggesting this as "the output has to be clean", just that it's a good indicator that the produced manpages need checking over, and suggesting some areas to particularly look at.
