Your message dated Mon, 30 Jun 2014 03:49:35 +0000
with message-id <[email protected]>
and subject line Bug#742086: fixed in groff 1.22.2-6
has caused the Debian Bug report #742086,
regarding /etc/man(mdoc).local: \- named "dash" instead of "minus" (sign)
to be marked as done.
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Package: groff
Version: 1.22.2-5
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainer,
* What led up to the situation?
Reading the files
* What was the outcome of this action?
Misleading name for the character "\-"
The name "minus" (sign) is used on page 7 in the "Troff User's
Manual". Also in "groff_char(7)".
Patches:
--- man.local 2013-05-27 22:15:03.000000000 +0000
+++ man.local.new 2014-03-18 20:20:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
. if '\V[GROFF_SGR]'' \
. output x X tty: sgr 0
.
-. \" Debian: Strictly, "-" is a hyphen while "\-" is a dash, and the former
+. \" Debian: Strictly, "-" is a hyphen while "\-" is a minus
+. \" (sign) (in the current font), and the former
. \" may not always be rendered in the form expected for things like
. \" command-line options. Uncomment this if you want to make sure that
. \" manual pages you're writing are clear of this problem.
--- mdoc.local 2013-05-27 22:15:03.000000000 +0000
+++ mdoc.local.new 2014-03-18 20:22:11.000000000 +0000
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
. if '\V[GROFF_SGR]'' \
. output x X tty: sgr 0
.
-. \" Debian: Strictly, "-" is a hyphen while "\-" is a dash, and the former
+. \" Debian: Strictly, "-" is a hyphen while "\-" is a minus
+. \" (sign) (in the current font), and the former
. \" may not always be rendered in the form expected for things like
. \" command-line options. Uncomment this if you want to make sure that
. \" manual pages you're writing are clear of this problem.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500,
'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i586)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.53-rt75-1
Locale: LANG=is_IS, LC_CTYPE=is_IS (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages groff depends on:
ii groff-base 1.22.2-5
ii libc6 2.17-97
ii libgcc1 1:4.8.2-16
ii libice6 2:1.0.8-2
ii libsm6 2:1.2.1-2
ii libstdc++6 4.8.2-16
ii libx11-6 2:1.6.2-1
ii libxaw7 2:1.0.12-1
ii libxmu6 2:1.1.1-1
ii libxt6 1:1.1.4-1
Versions of packages groff recommends:
ii ghostscript 9.05~dfsg-8+b1
pn imagemagick <none>
ii libpaper1 1.1.24+nmu2
ii netpbm 2:10.0-15+b2
ii perl 5.18.2-2
ii psutils 1.17.dfsg-1
groff suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
--
Bjarni I. Gislason
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: groff
Source-Version: 1.22.2-6
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
groff, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Colin Watson <[email protected]> (supplier of updated groff package)
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Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 03:09:27 +0100
Source: groff
Binary: groff-base groff
Architecture: source i386
Version: 1.22.2-6
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Colin Watson <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Colin Watson <[email protected]>
Description:
groff - GNU troff text-formatting system
groff-base - GNU troff text-formatting system (base system components)
Closes: 710431 742086
Changes:
groff (1.22.2-6) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Note that groff_mmse(7) is only available in Swedish locales (closes:
#710431).
* Describe \- as a minus sign rather than a dash in /etc/groff/man.local
and /etc/groff/mdoc.local (thanks, Bjarni Ingi Gislason; closes:
#742086).
* Adjust debian/source/lintian-overrides to match Lintian's current output
correctly.
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