On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 08:19:09PM +0200, Klemens Nanni wrote: > jmc noted that I didn't include my actual line, so here it is. >
ah! > First I was using only > > .Dd $Mdocdate$ > > but that warned me > > mandoc: ./files/varnishreload.1:2:2: WARNING: missing date, using > today's date > yes. this will happen until an initial commit. then the date gets expanded. > so I did what I was told, according to mdoc(7) > > .Dd $Mdocdate: May 19, 2019 $ > no. just use $Mdocdate$ and it gets expanded on commit. just like when you add $OpenBSD$: you don;t fill that in, right? > but it still warned me > > mandoc: ./files/varnishreload.1:2:2: WARNING: cannot parse date, using > it verbatim: $Mdocdate: May 19, 2019 $ > > So I removed the comma and mandoc(1) was happy. > > .Dd $Mdocdate: May 19 2019 $ > > > What should be used here? Either I'm warned or I'm using undocumented > syntax, both seems wrong to me. > use $Mdocdate$ and let expansion happen, or just use the old format of "month day, year". is that clear, or did the docs mislead you somehow? jmc
