Bug#474052: [checks/manpages]: cannot adjust line, ... issues are not considered on localized man pages
On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 02:03:43AM +0200, Daniel Leidert wrote:
> We were wondering, why lintian did not complain with a
> manpage-has-errors-from-man warning for a localized manpage, that showed a
> "cannot adjust line" warning. The problem seems to be, that the
> if-statement, that should avoid the "cannot find numbered character"
> warning for localized manpages also excludes the other issues, although
> they are IMO not a locale problem. Insteda they are a GROFF issue, that
> can be fixed indendent from the locale.
>
> I attach the patch to show the problem and the possible fix.
I wasn't very specific in my commit message then, but I don't think I
added that just for fun. So if we remove it we should confirm that the
issues that groff seemed to have with these pages are really gone.
Gruesse,
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