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--- /dev/null 2007-02-16 11:08:58.152123001 +0200
+++ debian/patches/99_man_convention 2007-02-17 14:33:24.0 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+diff -ru ../../tmp/coreutils-5.97/build-tree/coreutils-5.97/man/chcon.1 coreutils-5.97/man/chcon.1
+--- ../../tmp/coreutils-5.97/build-tree/coreutils-5.97/man/chcon.1 2007-02-17 14:27:27.0 +0200
coreutils-5.97/man/chcon.1 2007-02-17 14:13:57.0 +0200
+@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
+ [\fIOPTION\fR]...\fI CONTEXT FILE\fR...
+ .br
+ .B chcon
+-[\fIOPTION\fR]...\fI --reference=RFILE FILE\fR...
++[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fB--reference=\fIRFILE FILE\fR...
+ .SH DESCRIPTION
+ .PP
+ . Add any additional description here
+diff -ru ../../tmp/coreutils-5.97/build-tree/coreutils-5.97/man/chgrp.1 coreutils-5.97/man/chgrp.1
+--- ../../tmp/coreutils-5.97/build-tree/coreutils-5.97/man/chgrp.1 2007-02-17 14:29:52.0 +0200
coreutils-5.97/man/chgrp.1 2007-02-17 14:15:50.0 +0200
+@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
+ [\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIGROUP FILE\fR...
+ .br
+ .B chgrp
+-[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fI--reference=RFILE FILE\fR...
++[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fB--reference=\fIRFILE FILE\fR...
+ .SH DESCRIPTION
+ .\ Add any additional description here
+ .PP
+diff -ru ../../tmp/coreutils-5.97/build-tree/coreutils-5.97/man/chmod.1 coreutils-5.97/man/chmod.1
+--- ../../tmp/coreutils-5.97/build-tree/coreutils-5.97/man/chmod.1 2007-02-17 14:29:52.0 +0200
coreutils-5.97/man/chmod.1 2007-02-17 14:16:36.0 +0200
+@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
+ chmod \- change file access permissions
+ .SH SYNOPSIS
+ .B chmod
+-[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIMODE\fR[\fI,MODE\fR]... \fIFILE\fR...
++[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIMODE\fR[\fB,\fIMODE\fR]... \fIFILE\fR...
+ .br
+ .B chmod
+ [\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIOCTAL-MODE FILE\fR...
+ .br
+ .B chmod
+-[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fI--reference=RFILE FILE\fR...
++[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fB--reference=\fIRFILE FILE\fR...
+ .SH DESCRIPTION
+ This manual page
+ documents the GNU version of
+diff -ru ../../tmp/coreutils-5.97/build-tree/coreutils-5.97/man/chown.1 coreutils-5.97/man/chown.1
+--- ../../tmp/coreutils-5.97/build-tree/coreutils-5.97/man/chown.1 2007-02-17 14:29:52.0 +0200
coreutils-5.97/man/chown.1 2007-02-17 14:17:29.0 +0200
+@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
+ chown \- change file owner and group
+ .SH SYNOPSIS
+ .B chown
+-[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIOWNER\fR][\fI:\fR[\fIGROUP\fR]] \fIFILE\fR...
++[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIOWNER\fR][\fB:\fR[\fIGROUP\fR]] \fIFILE\fR...
+ .br
+ .B chown
+-[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fI--reference=RFILE FILE\fR...
++[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fB--reference=\fIRFILE FILE\fR...
+ .SH DESCRIPTION
+ This manual page
+ documents the GNU version of
+diff -ru ../../tmp/coreutils-5.97/build-tree/coreutils-5.97/man/cp.1 coreutils-5.97/man/cp.1
+--- ../../tmp/coreutils-5.97/build-tree/coreutils-5.97/man/cp.1 2007-02-17 14:27:28.0 +0200
coreutils-5.97/man/cp.1 2007-02-17 13:54:38.0 +0200
+@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
+ [\fIOPTION\fR]... \fISOURCE\fR... \fIDIRECTORY\fR
+ .br
+ .B cp
+-[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fI-t DIRECTORY SOURCE\fR...
++[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fB-t\fR \fIDIRECTORY SOURCE\fR...
+ .SH DESCRIPTION
+ .\ Add any additional description here
+ .PP
+diff -ru ../../tmp/coreutils-5.97/build-tree/coreutils-5.97/man/date.1 coreutils-5.97/man/date.1
+--- ../../tmp/coreutils-5.97/build-tree/coreutils-5.97/man/date.1 2007-02-17 14:29:52.0 +0200
coreutils-5.97/man/date.1 2007-02-17 14:19:16.0 +0200
+@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
+ date \- print or set the system date and time
+ .SH SYNOPSIS
+ .B date
+-[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fI+FORMAT\fR]
++[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fB+\fIFORMAT\fR]
+ .br
+ .B date
+-[\fI-u|--utc|--universal\fR] [\fIMMDDhhmm\fR[[\fICC\fR]\fIYY\fR][\fI.ss\fR]]
++[\fB-u\fR|\fB--utc\fR|\fB--universal\fR] [\fIMMDDhhmm\fR[[\fICC\fR]\fIYY\fR][\fB.\fIss\fR]]
+ .SH DESCRIPTION
+ .\ Add any additional description here
+ .PP
+diff -ru ../../tmp/coreutils-5.97/build-tree/coreutils-5.97/man/du.1 coreutils-5.97/man/du.1
+--- ../../tmp/coreutils-5.97/build-tree/coreutils-5.97/man/du.1 2007-02-17 14:29:53.0 +0200
coreutils-5.97/man/du.1 2007-02-17 14:20:17.0 +0200
+@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
+ [\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fIFILE\fR]...
+ .br
+ .B du
+-[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fI--files0-from=F\fR
++[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fB\-\-files0\-from=\fIF\fR
+ .SH DESCRIPTION
+ .\ Add any additional description here
+ .PP
+diff -ru ../../tmp/coreutils-5.97/build-tree/coreutils-5.97/man/env.1 coreutils-5.97/man/env.1
+--- ../../tmp/coreutils-5.97/build-tree/coreutils-5.97/man/env.1 2007-02-17 14:29:53.0 +0200
coreutils-5.97/man/env.1 2007-02-17 14:21:28.0 +0200
+@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
+ env \- run a program in a modified environment
+ .SH SYNOPSIS
+ .B env
+-[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fI-\fR] [\fINAME=VALUE\fR]... [\fICOMMAND \fR[\fIARG\fR]...]
++[\fIOPTION\fR]... [\fB\-\fR] [\fINAME\fB=\fIVALUE\fR]... [\fICOMMAND \fR[\fIARG\fR]...]
+ .SH DESCRIPTION
+ .\ Add any additional description here
+ .PP
+Only in coreutils-5.97/man: .fmt.1.swp
+diff -ru