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[SCM] Debian package checker branch, master, updated. 2.2.14-14-g4f5b334



The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit edc607ffd1eb93e4cf6ee81cc25964dc18f22de4
Author: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
Date:   Sat Sep 12 15:53:29 2009 -0700

    Document MANWIDTH when running man by hand
    
    * checks/manpages:
      + [RA] Document the MANWIDTH variable when running man by hand to
        check for man page errors.  (Closes: #542584)

diff --git a/checks/manpages.desc b/checks/manpages.desc
index 95ea483..ba7820c 100644
--- a/checks/manpages.desc
+++ b/checks/manpages.desc
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ Info: This man page provokes warnings or errors from man.
  "Debugging" in the groff manual.
  .
  To test this for yourself you can use the following command:
-  LANG=C man --warnings -l manpage-file &gt;/dev/null
+  LANG=C MANWIDTH=80 man --warnings -l manpage-file &gt;/dev/null
 
 Tag: manpage-has-errors-from-pod2man
 Severity: normal
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 822424e..25e48bc 100755
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ lintian (2.2.15) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     + [ADB] Add HTTPS to the list of recognised protocols for URLs in manpages
       which should not cause manpage-has-errors-from-man to be emitted.
       (Closes: #543641)
+    + [RA] Document the MANWIDTH variable when running man by hand to
+      check for man page errors.  (Closes: #542584)
   * checks/rules:
     + [RA] Anchor the dh_quilt regex to not trigger on commented-out
       calls.  Patch from Cesare Tirabassi.  (Closes: #543259)

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