Package: debianutils Version: 4.9.1 Severity: minor Tags: patch Dear Maintainer,
Input file is installkernel.8 chk_man: Next line: execute mandoc -T lint installkernel.8 mandoc: installkernel.8:16:19: STYLE: whitespace at end of input line mandoc: installkernel.8:7:2: WARNING: skipping paragraph macro: PP after SH ####### Reformat sentences. ##### Patch: --- installkernel.8 2019-12-07 02:13:44.000000000 +0000 +++ installkernel.8.new 2020-05-23 00:40:44.000000000 +0000 @@ -4,22 +4,26 @@ installkernel \- install a new kernel im .SH SYNOPSIS .BI "installkernel " "version zImage System.map [directory]" .SH DESCRIPTION -.PP .B installkernel installs a new kernel image onto the system from the Linux source -tree. It is called by the Linux kernel makefiles when +tree. +It is called by the Linux kernel makefiles when .B make install is invoked there. .P The new kernel is installed into .IR {directory}/vmlinuz-{version} . -If a symbolic link +If a symbolic link .I {directory}/vmlinuz -already exists, it is refreshed by making a link from +already exists, +it is refreshed by making a link from .I {directory}/vmlinuz -to the new kernel, and the previously installed kernel is available as +to the new kernel, +and the previously installed kernel is available as .IR {directory}/vmlinuz.old . .SH BUGS -installkernel resides in /sbin only because the Linux kernel makefiles -call it from there. It should really be in /usr/sbin. It isn't -needed to boot a system. +.B installkernel +resides in /sbin only because the Linux kernel makefiles call it from +there. +It should really be in /usr/sbin. +It isn't needed to boot a system. -- System Information: Debian Release: bullseye/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 5.6.14-1 (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 debianutils depends on: ii libc6 2.30-8 debianutils recommends no packages. debianutils suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- Bjarni I. Gislason