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Re: Typos in man pages?



Hi!

On Thu, 2016-04-21 at 11:43:12 +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> while updating the German translation I noticed the following:
> 
> deb822.5:
> Is there a missing open bracket:
> 
> Lines starting with \(oq\fB#\fP\(cq without any preceding whitespace are
> comments lines that are only permitted in source package control files
> \fIdebian/control\fP).
> These comment lines are ignored, even between two continuation lines.
> They do not end logical lines.

Right, I had noticed this too while locally adding the reference to
the deb-origin files there. :)

> deb-changelog.5
> Is the literal (within B<>) "Bug" too much?
> 
> -msgid "  B<Closes: Bug#>I<nnnnn>\n"
> +msgid "  B<Closes: #>I<nnnnn>\n"

Nope, that's a supported syntax, it's optional though.

> dsc.5
> I think, the argument is still present, isn't it?
> 
> -msgid "B<Standards-Version:>I< (recommended)>"
> +msgid "B<Standards-Version:>I< version-string> (recommended)"

Indeed, fixed.

> dpkg-parsechangelog.1
> Why is debian marked up with B<>?
> 
> "Specifies the format of the changelog. By default the format is read from a "
> "special line near the bottom of the changelog or failing that defaults to "
> "the B<debian> standard format. See also B<CHANGELOG FORMATS>."

That's the name of an input format. Do you think quoting it would make
it more clear?

Thanks,
Guillem


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