On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 02:59:24AM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote:
> On Mon, 2018-05-28 at 02:47:40 +0200, Guillem Jover wrote:
> > On Thu, 2018-05-24 at 22:34:36 +0000, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote:
> > > Begin each sentence on a new line (or use two spaces between
Package: texlive-binaries
Version: 2018.20180416.47457-3+b1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
Warning from "groff":
:63 (macro BR): only 1 argument, but more are expected
Output is from: test-groff -b -e -mandoc -T utf8 -rF0 -t -w w -z
[
Package: kbd
Version: 2.0.4-2
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
Warnings from "groff":
:8 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
:42 (macro IR): only 1 argument, but more are expected
Output is from: test-groff -b -e -mandoc -T utf8
Package: psmisc
Version: 23.1-1+b1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
Warnings from "groff":
:29 (macro RB): only 1 argument, but more are expected
:32 (macro RB): only 1 argument, but more are expected
Output is from: test-groff -b -e -mandoc -T
Package: kbd
Version: 2.0.4-2
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
Warning from "groff":
:217 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
Output is from: test-groff -b -e -mandoc -T utf8 -rF0 -t -w w -z
[ "test-groff" is a developmental
Package: lilo
Version: 1:24.2-3
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
Output is from: test-groff -b -e -mandoc -T utf8 -rF0 -t -w w -z lilo.conf.5
[ "test-groff" is a developmental version of "groff" ]
144 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
161 (macro BI): only 1
Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon
Version: 1:18.0.1-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
Summary of changes:
Remove superfluous quotation marks (") from the argument of a
single-font macro.
Use a better presentation for an ellipsis (with narrow space between
the periods).
Split
Package: lm-sensors
Version: 1:3.4.0-4
Severity: minor
The text is in the attachment as it contains an 8-bit character
(latin-1). The mailer (default and "mutt") transforms the entire text
to "base-64" (using "utf-8" encoding), including the "Package: " header,
which the receiving end then
Package: libc-bin
Version: 2.27-3
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Summary:
Remove space at end of lines.
Add a backslash if line ends in '\{'.
Define the macro "IX" also for F=0.
Use the italic font for names of variable content.
Begin a sentence in a new line when only one space character is
Package: adjtimex
Version: 1.29-9
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Summary:
Add a missing left italic correction.
Add a missing right italic correction.
Separate an ellipsis from the preceding string with
a space.
Have two spaces between sentences.
Protect . if not an end of sentence.
Change a
Package: cdtool
Version: 2.1.8-release-5
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
Warning about only one argument for the two-fonts macro "IR".
The patch is in the attachment.
Summary:
Input file is cdtool.1
Spelling: give -> given
Remove
Dear Maintainer,
I sent the wrong file in the attachment in the earlier e-mail.
--
Bjarni I. Gislason
--- cdtool.12018-04-22 18:54:11.0 +
+++ cdtool.1.new2018-04-29 03:15:58.0 +
@@ -6,51 +6,52 @@
cdtool \- play and catalog audio CDROMs on CDROM drive(s)
Package: at
Version: 3.1.20-5
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
warnings from: test-groff -b -e -mandoc -T utf8 -rF0 -t -w w -z
:54 (macro BR): only 1 argument, but more are expected
:57 (macro BR): only 1 argument, but more are expected
:62
Package: at
Version: 3.1.20-5
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
Warnings from "test-groff":
:26 (macro IR): only 1 argument, but more are expected
:40 (macro BR): only 1 argument, but more are expected
:66 (macro IR): only 1 argument, but more are
Package: bash
Version: 4.4-5
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer (Debian and upstream),
The result of some tests. The patch is in the attachment.
Test nr. 1: Remove space at end of lines.
413:does not attempt to read any other startup files.
1391:Expands to the current option flags
Package: init
Version: 1.51
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
Test nr. 1: Remove space at end of lines.
122:it is signaled by \fBtelinit\fP to change the system's runlevel.
177:tell \fBinit\fP to re-execute itself (preserving the state). No
re-examining of
#
Test nr. 2: Fix
Package: sysvinit-utils
Version: 2.88dsf-59.10
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
Test nr. 17: Start an empty line with ".sp 1".
84:
#
Test nr. 25: Find a repeated word
! 56 --> the
! 81 --> that fixes bug #815 839 from 24 February 2016
#
Test nr. 27: Wrong distance
Package: sysvinit-core
Version: 2.88dsf-59.10
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
Test nr. 1: Remove space at end of lines.
122:it is signaled by \fBtelinit\fP to change the system's runlevel.
177:tell \fBinit\fP to re-execute itself (preserving the state). No
re-examining of
Package: whiptail
Version: 0.52.20-2
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
Test nr. 1: Remove space at end of lines.
67:these types of dialog boxes are implemented:
83:The dialog box will open with the cursor over the
91:Use full buttons. (By default,
93:uses compact buttons).
96:The
Package: poppler-utils
Version: 0.61.1-2
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
Input file is pdffonts.1
Test nr. 2: Fix warning from man/groff
Test nr. 14: Change a two-fonts macro to an one-font macro.
72:.BI \-subst
Input file is /tmp/pdffonts.1
:72 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but
Package: xpdf
Version: 3.04-5
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
Input file is xpdf.1
Test nr. 2: Fix warning from man/groff
:221 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
chk_manuals: Output is from: test-groff -Tutf8 -b -e -mandoc -rF0 -t -w w -z
Test nr. 5:
Package: deborphan
Version: 1.7.30
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
The patch is in the attachment.
Summary:
Remove space at end of lines.
Change [\]- to \(en if it is
a numeric range.
Reduce space between words or start the sentence on a
new line.
Change - to \- if it shall be printed as a
Package: deborphan
Version: 1.7.30
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
The patch is in the attachment.
Summary:
Change -- in x--y to \(em (em-dash), or, if an
option, to "\-\-".
Add a comma (or \&) after "e.g." and "i.e.", or use English words.
Begin a sentence on a new line or have two space
Package: sysvinit-utils
Version: 2.88dsf-59.10
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Summary:
Shorten (split) long strings.
Split long lines (> 80).
Remove useless marco "RE".
###
Details:
Input file is init-d-script.5
mandoc: init-d-script.5:69:2: ERROR: skipping end of block that is not open:
Package: sysvinit-utils
Version: 2.88dsf-59.10
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Summary:
Separate an ellipsis from the preceding string with a space.
Add a missing italic correction or use a macro.
Make a '"' being an argument to a macro
Details:
Input file is fstab-decode.8
Test nr.
Package: sysvinit-utils
Version: 2.88dsf-59.10
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Fix warnings from test-groff.
Use the correct font macro.
Change a HYPHEN-MINUS (code 0x55, 2D) to a dash
(minus) if it matches " -[:alpha:]" or \(aq-[:alpha:] (for options).
Use three periods for an ellipsis.
Begin a
Package: man-db
Version: 2.8.4-2
Severity: normal
Test example:
.pl 30v
.TH testman 1 2018-MM-DD
.SH NAME
testman \- test some macros
.LP
Sævör grét áðan því úlpan var ónýt.
.tm Sævör grét áðan því úlpan var ónýt.
Output from "man -d -l with
MAN_KEEP_STDERR=yes
Package: catdoc
Version: 1:0.95-4.1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
The patch is in the attachment.
Summary:
Correct spelling.
Remove space at end of lines.
Change - to \- if it shall be printed as a minus.
Begin a sentence on a new line.
Use \(en for a dash where appropriate.
###
Package: catdoc
Version: 1:0.95-4.1
Severity: minor
A value for the "build" variable "@catdoc_version@" is missing in the
man pages for "catdoc.1", "catppt.1", and "wordview.1".
.TH catdoc 1 "Version @catdoc_version@" "MS-Word reader"
.TH ppt2text 1 "Version @catdoc_version@" "MS-PowerPoint
Package: catdoc
Version: 1:0.95-4.1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
The patch is in the attachment.
Summary:
Remove space at end of lines.
Change a two-fonts macro to an one-font macro for a
single argument.
Change a HYPHEN-MINUS (code 0x55, 2D) to a dash
(minus) if it matches " -[:alpha:]"
Package: catdoc
Version: 1:0.95-4.1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
The patch is in the attachment
Summary:
Remove space at end of lines.
Fix warnings from test-groff.
Change - to \- if it shall be printed as a minus.
Change \\ to \e to print the escape character.
Change a HYPHEN-MINUS
Package: rsyslog
Version: 8.36.0-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
The patch is in the attachment.
Summary:
Remove space at end of lines.
Fix warnings from test-groff.
Change a two-fonts macro to an one-font macro for a
single argument.
Change a HYPHEN-MINUS (code 0x55, 2D) to a dash
(minus)
Package: rsyslog
Version: 8.36.0-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
The patch is in the attachment.
Summary:
Remove space at end of lines.
Fix warnings from test-groff.
Change \\ to \e to print the escape character.
Change a HYPHEN-MINUS (code 0x55, 2D) to a dash
(minus) if it matches "
Package: catdoc
Version: 1:0.95-4.1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
The patch is in the attachment.
Summary:
Remove space at end of lines.
Change a two-fonts macro to an one-font macro for a
single argument.
Change a HYPHEN-MINUS (code 0x55, 2D) to a dash
(minus) if it matches " -[:alpha:]"
On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 10:56:39AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On 2018-06-28 03:58 PM, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> > At 2018-06-28T11:31:30+0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> >>
> >> Please send this kind of change directly upstream to the
> >> amd-...@lists.freedesktop.org list for review, split up
Package: man-db
Version: 2.8.2-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
Input file is man.1
Test nr. 1: Remove space at end of lines to simplify other automatic tests to
improve
typesetting.
173:directive in
#
Test nr. 2: Enable and fix warnings from 'test-groff'.
Input file is
Package: mg
Version: 20171014-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
Input file is mg.1
Test nr. 2:
Enable and fix warnings from 'test-groff'.
Input file is /tmp/mg.1
git/groff/build/tmac/doc.tmac:705: backtrace
git/groff/build/tmac/doc.tmac:77: backtrace: macro 'doc-parse-args'
Package: man-db
Version: 2.8.2-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
Input file is apropos.1
Test nr. 1:
Remove space at end of lines to simplify other automatic tests to
improve typesetting.
Use "git apply ... --whitespace=fix" to fix extra space issues, or use
global configuration
Package: patch
Version: 2.7.6-2
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
Suggested commit message for "git":
Change ".BR" with one argument to ".B".
Change the argument of ".BR ." into two by separating the
punctuation from the first one.
Protect the period (with \&) from being
Package: gnu-standards
Version: 2010.03.11-1
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
New versions are not found according to
"tracker.debian.org/pkg/gnu-standards".
The upstream sources are in "www.gnu.org/prep/standards"
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers
Package: par
Version: 1.52-3+b2
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
Let macro "LP" come before macro "RS"
Change ".BI" to ".B" for one argument
Request ".ps" does not accept any scale indicator
Change "." to ".\&" when the period does not end a sentence
Change "!" to
Package: diffstat
Version: 1.61-1+b1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
Input file is diffstat.1
Test nr. 2:
Enable and fix warnings from 'test-groff'.
:82 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
:89 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
:185 (macro BI): only
Package: xz-utils
Version: 5.2.2-1.3
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
the patch is in the attachment.
Input file is xz.1
Test nr. 2:
Enable and fix warnings from 'test-groff'.
Input file is /tmp/xz.1
:408 (macro BR): only 1 argument, but more are expected
:1724 (macro BR):
Package: debianutils
Version: 4.8.4
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
Test nr. 12:
Change -- in x--y to \(em (em-dash), or, if an
option, to \-\-
55:but don't actually run them. This option cannot be used with --test.
95:.B --arg
#
Test nr. 27:
Split lines longer than 80
Package: procps
Version: 2:3.3.12-4
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
the patch is in the attachment.
Input file is ps.1
Test nr. 2:
Enable and fix warnings from 'test-groff'.
:152 (macro BR): only 1 argument, but more are expected
chk_manuals: Output is from: test-groff -b -e
Package: gzip
Version: 1.6-5+b1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
The patch is in the attachment.
Test nr. 6:
Change two HYPHEN-MINUSES (code 0x055, 2D) to an em-dash (\[em]), if one
is intended. An en-dash is usually surrounded by a space, while an em-dash
is used without
On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 03:55:58PM +0200, Santiago R.R. wrote:
> Hi Bjarni,
>
> El 17/03/18 a las 23:15, Bjarni Ingi Gislason escribió:
> > Package: grep
> > Version: 3.1-2
> > Severity: minor
> > Tags: patch
> >
> > Dear Maintainer,
> &g
Package: grep
Version: 3.1-2
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
Input file is grep.in.1
Test nr. 2:
Enable and fix warnings from 'test-groff'.
Input file is /tmp/grep.in.1
:550 (macro BR): only 1 argument, but more are expected
:576 (macro BR): only 1 argument, but more are
Package: mandoc
Version: 1.14.3-3
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainers (also sent to "schwa...@openbsd.org"),
A patch is in the attachment.
NO PATCH
mandoc: mandoc.1:838:4: STYLE: unterminated quoted argument
mandoc: mandoc.1:852:4: STYLE: unterminated quoted argument
mandoc:
Package: cron
Version: 3.0pl1-130
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
(The patch is in the attachment)
Input file is crontab.5
mandoc: crontab.5:19:4: STYLE: whitespace at end of input line
mandoc: crontab.5:59:14: STYLE: whitespace at end of input line
mandoc: crontab.5:61:10:
Package: cron
Version: 3.0pl1-130
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
(The patch is in the attachment.)
Input file is cron.8
mandoc: cron.8:17:4: STYLE: whitespace at end of input line
mandoc: cron.8:19:4: STYLE: whitespace at end of input line
mandoc: cron.8:48:16: STYLE:
Package: cron
Version: 3.0pl1-130
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
(The patch is in the attachment.)
Input file is crontab.1
mandoc: crontab.1:46:35: STYLE: whitespace at end of input line
mandoc: crontab.1:50:56: STYLE: whitespace at end of input line
mandoc: crontab.1:52:25:
Package: procps
Version: 2:3.3.12-4
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainers (also sent to pro...@freelist.org),
Input file is skill.1
mandoc: skill.1:9:13: WARNING: cannot parse date, using it verbatim: October
2011
mandoc: skill.1:120:2: WARNING: empty block: UR
###
Test nr. 20:
Package: procps
Version: 2:3.3.12-4
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainers (also sent to pro...@freelist.org),
(the patch is in the attachment)
mandoc: kill.1:36:2: ERROR: skipping unknown macro: .TQ
mandoc: kill.1:38:2: ERROR: skipping unknown macro: .TQ
mandoc: kill.1:53:2: WARNING:
Package: qpdf
Version: 8.1.0-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Input file is qpdf.1
Add a period in front of the first two comment lines, otherwise troff
creates the first page to be empty.
Test nr. 13:
Change -- in x--y to \(em (em-dash), or, if an
option, to \-\-
18:\fBqpdf --help\fR. A
This was fixed in commit fb1ca341404f2cf488f3bf1afdcb8d1395453c60 from
26th May 2018.
--
Bjarni I. Gislason
Package: lilo
Version: 1:24.2-4
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
the compressed patch is in the attachment (uncompressed 722 lines).
Main issues:
Input file is lilo.conf.5
mandoc: Remove whitespace at end of input file
mandoc: lilo.conf.5:990:4: STYLE: unterminated quoted
On Sat, Jan 19, 2019 at 07:34:29PM +, Dmitry Bogatov wrote:
>
> control: tags -1 +fixed-upstream
>
> [2019-01-18 01:31] Bjarni Ingi Gislason
> > Package: insserv
> > Version: 1.18.0-1
> > Severity: minor
> > Tags: patch
> >
> > D
Package: texinfo
Version: 6.5.0.dfsg.1-4+b1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
The extra indent in the paragraph for the option "-o" creats a
malformatted text in the manual (which is made with "help2man").
--- texi2any.pl 2019-01-15 20:23:34.0 +
+++ texi2any.pl.new
Package: bootlogd
Version: 2.93-3
Severity: wishlist
Dear Maintainer,
the "bootlogd" should stop as late as possible to catch all output from
the booting process.
Currently it is in the time slot "02" but the last boot script is
"rc.local" in "04".
The "Required-Start" in
Package: insserv
Version: 1.18.0-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
Input file is insserv.8
mandoc: insserv.8:104:28: STYLE: whitespace at end of input line
mandoc: insserv.8:127:46: STYLE: whitespace at end of input line
mandoc: insserv.8:21:15: STYLE: normalizing date format to:
Versions of packages e2fsprogs suggests:
pn e2fsck-static
pn fuse2fs
pn gpart
pn parted
-- no debconf information
--
Bjarni I. Gislason
>From 1c785b21cc7c2c54c044e0c2752f464f33a5d992 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bjarni Ingi Gislason
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 01:49
Package: mupdf
Version: 1.14.0+ds1-2
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
I found some formatting and textual defects:
1) Remove a superfluous escape character
/home/bg/git/groff/build/../tmac/an-old.tmac:385: backtrace: macro 'B'
troff: :131: warning: escape character ignored before
Package: ntpsec-ntpdate
Version: 1.1.2+dfsg1-4
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
the patch is in the attachment.
Changes:
Remove space characters at the end of lines.
#
Use the correct macro for the font change of a single argument.
19:.IR server
#
Change - to \- if it
Package: logrotate
Version: 3.14.0-4
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
some improvements to the manual (see man-page(7)), for example
Remove space an end of line
Have two space character between sentences or move the beginning sentence
to the next line (preferred)
Change '-X' to
Package: man-db
Version: 2.8.4-3
Severity: minor
Dear Maintainer,
the current wording for the option "MANROFFOPT" is:
The contents of $MANROFFOPT are added to the command line every time man
invokes the formatter (nroff, troff, or groff).
1) This has lead to a misconception by me,
Package: texlive-binaries
Version: 2018.20181218.49446-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
the font-alternating macros are for two fonts and thus for two or more
arguments.
See man-pages(7) for a style guide and an appropriate man-page for
the use of man-macros, for example
Package: xserver-xorg-core
Version: 2:1.20.3-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
See man-pages(7) for a style guide.
--- cvt.1 2018-10-25 18:15:23.0 +
+++ cvt.1.new 2019-01-13 02:39:51.0 +
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
.TH CVT 1 "xorg-server 1.20.3" "X Version
Package: xserver-xorg-core
Version: 2:1.20.3-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
see man-pages(7) for a style manual.
--- xorg.conf.5 2018-10-25 18:15:23.0 +
+++ xorg.conf.5.new 2019-01-13 06:12:18.0 +
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ than one way, the highest
Package: xserver-xorg-core
Version: 2:1.20.3-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
see man-pages(7) for a style guide.
--- Xorg.1 2018-10-25 18:15:23.0 +
+++ Xorg.1.new 2019-01-13 05:09:21.0 +
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
.ds q \N'34'
.TH Xorg 1 "xorg-server
Package: xserver-xorg-core
Version: 2:1.20.3-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
see man-pages(7) for a style guide.
--- exa.4 2018-10-25 18:15:23.0 +
+++ exa.4.new 2019-01-13 04:19:10.0 +
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ Disables acceleration of the Composite o
Package: byacc
Version: 20140715
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
The watch file uses wrong (outdated) path for the source file.
The current ones are (from the homepage):
1) ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net/byacc/byacc.tar.gz
2) http://invisible-island.net/datafiles/release/byacc.tar.gz
: :1147: warning: macro '~/.ssh/id_rsa',' not defined
troff: :1618: warning: macro 'all',' not defined
The patch:
>From 655add8444a7e4ddf5bca8b66f5ab7a55252e8ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bjarni Ingi Gislason
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2019 21:55:11 +
Subject: [PATCH] curl.1: Missing lines
Package: console-setup
Version: 1.191
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
Warnings from test-groff:
:90 (macro IR): only 1 argument, but more are expected
:92 (macro IR): only 1 argument, but more are expected
:100 (macro BI): only 1 argument, but more are expected
:104 (macro BI):
Package: console-setup
Version: 1.191
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
:63 (macro IR): only 1 argument, but more are expected
:101 (macro BR): only 1 argument, but more are expected
:105 (macro BR): only 1 argument, but more are expected
:112 (macro BR): only 1 argument, but more are
On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 03:22:03AM -0600, Bdale Garbee wrote:
> Bjarni Ingi Gislason writes:
>
> > Output from "mandoc -mdoc -T man groff_mdoc.7":
>
> Where is "groff_mdoc.7" from? I have no such file on my system, so
> there's no w
Package: mandoc
Version: 1.14.4-1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
the names of the strings '\*(lp' and '\*(rp' got interchanged.
--- mandoc_char.7 2018-08-08 14:51:51.0 +
+++ mandoc_char.new.7 2019-03-03 00:40:34.0 +
@@ -728,8 +728,8 @@ manual.
Package: hunspell
Version: 1.7.0-2
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
the patch is in the attachment as it contains utf-8 characters.
Input file is hunspell.1
Output from "mandoc -T lint ...":
mandoc: hunspell.1:2:2: ERROR: skipping unknown macro: .LO 1
mandoc: hunspell.1:11:70:
Package: unace-nonfree
Version: 2.5-9
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
Input file is unace.1
Use \&.\|.\|.\& for an ellipsis
troff: :35: warning: escape character ignored before '+'
Add the option '-h' for the usage message.
Use a macro to change to
Package: man-db
Version: 2.8.5-1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
modern computers are now that fast, that the text from standard error
gets rolled out of sight without noticing.
This can be seen by adding a '.tm' lines with text, for example
early, in the middle and at the end of a big
Package: dgit
Version: 8.3
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
write the leading dash(es) of an option as '\-', not just '-', see
man-pages(7).
The patch does not change the output from nroff.
diff -dpru dgit/dgit.1 new-dgit/dgit.1
--- dgit/dgit.1 2019-02-04 02:30:03.0
e unneeded quotation marks (").
The output from "nroff" and "groff" is unchanged with this patch.
[ There are still some typographical mistakes left. ]
Signed-off-by: Bjarni Ingi Gislason
---
dgit.1 | 64 +-
1 file cha
Package: man-db
Version: 2.8.5-2
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
>From dd4c8c5e80b1a6d11c4867cd322d05cb3a88a592 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>From: Bjarni Ingi Gislason
>Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 01:11:37 +
>Subject: [PATCH] manpath.man1: Correct some typograp
Package: xpdf
Version: 3.04-13
Severity: normal
This can be fixed by adding the following to the ~/.xpdrc file
fontFile Times-Italic /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/n021023l.pfb
fontFile Times-Roman /usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts/n021003l.pfb
N.B.
The URL for new versions is wrong.
A
Package: mime-support
Version: 3.63
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Fix lines with a misused two-font macro.
--- update-mime.8 2019-08-18 18:29:05.0 +
+++ update-mime.8.new 2019-08-18 18:33:05.0 +
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ file to reflect mime information changed
Package: mime-support
Version: 3.63
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
two-fonts macros are designed for two different fonts and thus expect
two or more arguments.
--- run-mailcap.1 2019-08-18 17:30:15.0 +
+++ run-mailcap.1.new 2019-08-18 17:28:47.0 +
Package: traceroute
Version: 1:2.1.0-2+b1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
1) correct the misuse of a two-fonts macro
2) correct some arguments to a such macro.
--- traceroute.db.1 2019-08-19 19:07:42.0 +
+++ traceroute.db.1.new 2019-08-19 19:26:05.0 +
On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 12:05:27PM +, Dmitry Bogatov wrote:
>
> control: tags -1 +moreinfo
>
> [ Sorry for late response ]
>
> [2015-12-25 23:06] Bjarni Ingi Gislason
> > Package: bootlogd
> > Version: 2.88dsf-59
> > Severity: minor
>
Package: man-db
Version: 2.8.7-3
Severity: minor
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
Reading the man page.
The sentence:
"The pager can be specified in a number of ways, or else will fall back to a
default is used (see option"
The words "is used" do not make sense with
Package: gawk
Version: 1:4.2.1+dfsg-1.1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
Running "test-groff -b -e -mandoc -T utf8 -rF0 -t -w w -z gawk.1"
[ "test-groff" is a developmental version of "groff" ]
which output:
:237 (macro IR): only 1
Package: valgrind
Version: 1:3.15.0-1
Severity: minor
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
Warnings from "man valgrind", with
MANOPT=-E latin1 --no-hyphenation --warnings=w --no-justification
MANWIDTH=80
MAN_KEEP_STDERR=yes
and file "~/.manpath" containing:
DEFINE troff
This has been fixed by upstream in
commit 17453df8b1ba435161b29ca7e8cf266d0fbaf4ac
Author: Arnold D. Robbins
Date: Mon May 28 10:45:15 2018 +0300
and
commit 20a79b31c9897f825323eedee4c0eb01922d53da
Author: Arnold D. Robbins
Date: Thu Mar 22 18:37:52 2018 +0200
except for the italic
Package: linux-source-5.3
Version: 5.3.9-3
Severity: minor
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
Compilation of the source.
* What was the outcome of this action?
Standard error contained (from GNU Awk 5.0.1, API: 2.0 (GNU MPFR
4.0.2, GNU MP 6.1.2)):
awk:
Package: apt
Version: 1.8.4
Severity: minor
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
The "sleep" funtion was shown in the output of "ps".
###
Do not put the script to a sleep, if it is afterwards not going to do
its job.
Therefor call "random_sleep" after "check_power ||
Package: whois
Version: 5.5.3
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
_Not all affected lines are changed in the patch!_
Short description of changes:
Fix warnings from test-groff.
Change -- in x--y to \(em (em-dash), or, if an
option, to "\-\-".
Change a two-fonts macro to an one-font macro for a
On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 07:28:45PM +, Dmitry Bogatov wrote:
>
> control: tags -1 +confirmed
>
> [2019-01-21 23:01] Bjarni Ingi Gislason
> > Package: bootlogd
> > Version: 2.93-3
> > Severity: wishlist
> >
> > Dear Maintainer,
> >
> > t
On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 01:20:00AM +, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 12:05:27PM +, Dmitry Bogatov wrote:
> >
> > control: tags -1 +moreinfo
> >
The bug is actually in "stop-bootlogd".
See Debian bug report #920117.
So this re
Package: haveged
Version: 1.9.1-7
Severity: important
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
No haveged process was reported by "ps ax" (seen after switching from
default "systemd" to "sysvinit").
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
Package: sane-utils
Version:
Severity: minor
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
Purging the package "sane-utils".
* What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
ineffective)?
Looking later into the directory "/run/"
* What was the outcome of
I have learned now, that the /run directory is recreated after each
reboot, so after that, the pid files from removed packages do not get
installed.
But I find it cleaner, when created files (directories) are removed
with the removal of packages, so that they do not raise questions as
long as
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