Re: manpage-has-errors-from-man usr/share/man/man1/picprog.1.gz

[Erik Schanze <schanzi_@gmx.de>]

Hi Jan

Jan Wagemakers Jan Wagemakers <janw@easynet.be>:
>  |  pts/3  jan ~/deb$ lintian picprog_1.8-1_i386.changes
>  | W: picprog: manpage-has-errors-from-man
>  | usr/share/man/man1/picprog.1.gz 44: warning: can't find numbered
>  | character 195 pts/3  jan ~/deb$
>
>
> In this manpage the character "ä" is used twice. When I change those
> ä's with a "a" the warnings disappear.
>
> My question :
>
> How should I handle this? 
>
You shuld escape umlauts in manpages.
Please see groff_char(7).
And send it upstream as a patch.


Kindly regards,

Erik


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