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--- Begin Message ---
Package: procps
Version: 2:3.3.12-4
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Dear Maintainers (also sent to [email protected]),
(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: line scope broken: SH breaks TP
mandoc: kill.1:8:12: WARNING: cannot parse date, using it verbatim: October 2011
mandoc: kill.1:92:2: WARNING: empty block: UR
#######
Input file is kill.1
Test nr. 20:
Use a macro to change to the italic font, instead of \fI [1], if
possible.
The macros have the italic corrections, but "\c" removes them.
[1] man-pages(7)
47:\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-list\fR [\fIsignal\fR]
#####
Test nr. 24:
Change a HYPHEN-MINUS (code 0x55, 2D) to a minus (\-), if in front of a
name for an option.
67:.B kill -L
#####
Test nr. 28:
Wrong distance between sentences or protect the indicator.
1) Separate the sentences and subordinate clauses; each begins on a new
line. See man-pages(7) and "info groff".
Or
2) Adjust space between sentences (two spaces),
3) or protect the indicator by adding "\&" after it.
The "indicator" is an "end-of-sentence character" (.!?).
81:This command meets appropriate standards. The
#####
Test nr. 30:
Surround a block of comments with the macros ".ig" and "..".
The .\" (\#) at the beginning of each line is then not needed.
Makes it easier to add and remove text and adjust lenght of lines.
NO PATCH
2:.\" (The preceding line is a note to broken versions of man to tell
3:.\" them to pre-process this man page with tbl)
4:.\" Man page for kill.
5:.\" Licensed under version 2 of the GNU General Public License.
6:.\" Written by Albert Cahalan; converted to a man page by
7:.\" Michael K. Johnson
#####
The patch is in the attachment.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500,
'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.9.80-2 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=is_IS.iso88591, LC_CTYPE=is_IS.iso88591 (charmap=ISO-8859-1),
LANGUAGE=is_IS.iso88591 (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
Versions of packages procps depends on:
ii init-system-helpers 1.51
ii libc6 2.27-2
ii libncurses5 6.1-1
ii libncursesw5 6.1-1
ii libprocps6 2:3.3.12-4
ii libtinfo5 6.1-1
ii lsb-base 9.20170808
Versions of packages procps recommends:
ii psmisc 23.1-1
procps suggests no packages.
-- Configuration Files:
/etc/init.d/procps changed [not included]
-- no debconf information
--
Bjarni I. Gislason
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: line scope broken: SH breaks TP
mandoc: kill.1:8:12: WARNING: cannot parse date, using it verbatim: October 2011
mandoc: kill.1:92:2: WARNING: empty block: UR
#######
Test nr. 20:
Use a macro to change to the italic font, instead of \fI [1], if
possible.
The macros have the italic corrections, but "\c" removes them.
[1] man-pages(7)
47:\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-list\fR [\fIsignal\fR]
#####
Test nr. 24:
Change a HYPHEN-MINUS (code 0x55, 2D) to a minus (\-), if in front of a
name for an option.
67:.B kill -L
#####
Test nr. 28:
Wrong distance between sentences or protect the indicator.
1) Separate the sentences and subordinate clauses; each begins on a new
line. See man-pages(7) and "info groff".
Or
2) Adjust space between sentences (two spaces),
3) or protect the indicator by adding "\&" after it.
The "indicator" is an "end-of-sentence character" (.!?).
81:This command meets appropriate standards. The
#####
Test nr. 30:
Surround a block of comments with the macros ".ig" and "..".
The .\" (\#) at the beginning of each line is then not needed.
Makes it easier to add and remove text and adjust lenght of lines.
NO PATCH
2:.\" (The preceding line is a note to broken versions of man to tell
3:.\" them to pre-process this man page with tbl)
4:.\" Man page for kill.
5:.\" Licensed under version 2 of the GNU General Public License.
6:.\" Written by Albert Cahalan; converted to a man page by
7:.\" Michael K. Johnson
#####
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
The kill.1 man page was largely rewritten a few years ago and doesn't have
these problems anymore.
--- End Message ---
