Bug#450432: Groff eats a part of ifconfig(8)

2007-11-07 Thread Ivan Shmakov
Package: net-tools
Version: 1.60-17
Severity: minor
File: /usr/share/man/man8/ifconfig.8.gz

Currently, ifconfig(8) shows like this:

--cut--
  use them to assign a second address. To delete an  alias  inter-
  face use ifconfig eth0:0 down aliases are deleted, if you delete
  the first (primary).
--cut--

Compare with ifconfig.8:

--cut: ifconfig.8--
.B ifconfig eth0:0 down
. Note: for every scope (i.e. same net with address/netmask combination) all
aliases are deleted, if you delete the first (primary).
--cut: ifconfig.8--

Looks like Groff treats the `.' as a request, which is
undefined.

I'm not familiar with Groff at all, but looks like the following
patch solves the problem:

--- ifconfig.8.orig
+++ ifconfig.8
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@
 .B eth0:0
 for the first alias of eth0. You can use them to assign a second address. To
 delete an alias interface use
-.B ifconfig eth0:0 down
-. Note: for every scope (i.e. same net with address/netmask combination) all
+.BR ifconfig eth0:0 down .
+Note: for every scope (i.e. same net with address/netmask combination) all
 aliases are deleted, if you delete the first (primary).
 .TP
 .B up

PS.  I've checked 1.60-17.2, the problem appears to be still present.



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Bug#450432: Groff eats a part of ifconfig(8)

2007-11-07 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
thank you, your fix seems to be correct, I have added it to upstream CVS and
will fix it in the next upload, too.

Gruss
Bernd



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