On 2011-09-29 07:11, Jari Aalto wrote: > Package: lintian > Version: 2.5.3 > Severity: wishlist > > An example. Binary name /usr/bin/xsnap-ocr and manpage in > .../man1/xsnap-ocr.1 reads: > > ! 64 .IX Title "xsnap_ocr 1" > ! 65 .TH xsnap_ocr 1 "2011-09-29" "xsnap-ocr" "User Commands" > 66 .\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; > it makes > 67 .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents. > 68 .if n .ad l > 69 .nh > 70 .SH "NAME" > ! 71 xsnap_ocr \- OCR reader helper called by xsnap > 72 .SH "SYNOPSIS" > > SUGGESTION > > It would be nice if there were a P: or X: check to verify that > basename of manual page's filename (without suffix) matches the marked > (!) lines. > > The above should have read: > > ! 64 .IX Title "xsnap-ocr 1" > ! 65 .TH xsnap-ocr 1 "2011-09-29" "xsnap-ocr" "User Commands" > ... > ! 71 xsnap-ocr \- OCR reader helper called by xsnap > > -- System Information: > [...]
What about manpages re-used for multiple commands? gzip, gunzip and zcat uses the same manpage, how would you expect this to be handled? ~Niels -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
