-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 06/22/09 19:39, Alexander Toresson wrote: > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Harry Rickards<[email protected]> wrote: ... > Thanks for the advice. I've managed to get rid of all of the errors > apart from two. They are: > > new-package-should-close-itp-bug > and > manpage-has-bad-whatis-entry usr/share/man/man1/ah.1.gz > > I'm not sure if there is a way to fix the first warning, as there is no > itp bug filed (it's referring to the changelog entry saying it's the > first packaged version). > >> File an ITP bug, and refer to it in the first changelog entry.
Thanks, I will do. > > I'm not sure why the second error won't go > away, as it seems the manpage needs to have a name and description in > the NAME section, seperated by '-' or '\-'. With either of these, the > error's still there. At the moment, I have: > > (1) User Manuals AH(1) > > > NAME > ah \- hex to decimal converter. > SYNOPSIS > cat hexfile|ah > *OR* > ah hexfile > > DESCRIPTION > > AntiHex is a pipe to convert hex values into decimal. > > AUTHOR > Developer: Zhaolei <[email protected]> > Package maintainer: Harry Rickards <[email protected]> > > Linux Last change: JUNE 2009 2 > > >> I bet the problem is that you've got \- there and not just -. \- is >> needed by nroff/groff to make it output a -, but you shouldn't have \- >> in the NAME entry of the man page when it is viewed after being >> formatted etc. Even after removing the \, I still get: W: ah: manpage-has-bad-whatis-entry usr/share/man/man1/ah.1.gz >> Oh, and that man page wins todays useless use of cat award :) Do I get a medal? XD - -- Many thanks Harry Rickards (GPG Key ID:58449F6F) - -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GAT/GCM/GCS/GCC/GIT/GM d? s: a? C++++ UL++++ P- L+++ E--- W+++ N o K+ w--- O- M- V- PS+ PE Y+ PGP++ t 5 X R tv-- b+++ DI D---- G e* h! !r y? - ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iJwEAQECAAYFAko/4EAACgkQ+9DWHFhEn28ofgP/YbnMFQtzp82Njcrob4PIndYp +VXQokoJc6Kh4Rjo/+2IN1x3OtkXEvDlDmFulPpzIhKJg8MVZmY20m7maoUxwIyH 6USRaGsEyL6rAXd1fXfj10VGMr64fJmyNgPF4/VnsYFPbS9tXjdstlFbWQ6qN18r g5aWjqu36U/dtH+wW3Y= =ZHLh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
