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Bug#1100862: marked as done (mpack.1: Some remarks and a patch with editorial changes for this man page)

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has caused the Debian Bug report #1100862,
regarding mpack.1: Some remarks and a patch with editorial changes for this man page
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Package: mpack
Version: 1.6-18+b2
Severity: minor
Tags: patch

   * What led up to the situation?

     Checking for defects with a new version

test-[g|n]roff -mandoc -t -K utf8 -rF0 -rHY=0 -rCHECKSTYLE=10 -ww -z < "man page"

  [Use "groff -e ' $' -e '\\~$' <file>" to find obvious trailing spaces.]

  ["test-groff" is a script in the repository for "groff"; is not shipped]
(local copy and "troff" slightly changed by me).

  [The fate of "test-nroff" was decided in groff bug #55941.]

   * What was the outcome of this action?

an.tmac:<stdin>:1: style: .TH missing third argument; consider document modification date in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD)
an.tmac:<stdin>:1: style: .TH missing fourth argument; consider package/project name and version (e.g., "groff 1.23.0")
troff:<stdin>:76: warning: trailing space in the line
troff:<stdin>:78: warning: trailing space in the line
an.tmac:<stdin>:86: misuse, warning: .BI is for at least 2 arguments, got 1
	Use macro '.B' for one argument or split argument.
troff:<stdin>:91: warning: trailing space in the line
troff:<stdin>:109: warning: trailing space in the line
troff:<stdin>:113: warning: trailing space in the line
troff:<stdin>:120: warning: trailing space in the line
troff:<stdin>:124: warning: trailing space in the line


   * What outcome did you expect instead?

     No output (no warnings).

-.-

  General remarks and further material, if a diff-file exist, are in the
attachments.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.12.17-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=is_IS.iso88591, LC_CTYPE=is_IS.iso88591 (charmap=ISO-8859-1), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages mpack depends on:
ii  libc6  2.41-4

mpack recommends no packages.

Versions of packages mpack suggests:
ii  exim4-daemon-light [mail-transport-agent]  4.98.1-1
pn  inews                                      <none>

-- no debconf information

Input file is mpack.1

Output from "mandoc -T lint  mpack.1": (shortened list)

      1 missing date, using "": TH
      1 skipping paragraph macro: PP empty
      1 unterminated quoted argument
      7 whitespace at end of input line


Remove trailing space with: sed -e 's/  *$//'

-.-.

Output from "test-nroff -mandoc -t -ww -z mpack.1": (shortened list)

      1 	Use macro '.B' for one argument or split argument.
      1 .BI is for at least 2 arguments, got 1
      7 trailing space in the line


Remove trailing space with: sed -e 's/  *$//'

-.-.

Remove space characters (whitespace) at the end of lines.
Use "git apply ... --whitespace=fix" to fix extra space issues, or use
global configuration "core.whitespace".

Number of lines affected is

7

-.-.

Change a HYPHEN-MINUS (code 0x2D) to a minus(-dash) (\-),
if it
is in front of a name for an option,
is a symbol for standard input,
is a single character used to indicate an option,
or is in the NAME section (man-pages(7)).
N.B. - (0x2D), processed as a UTF-8 file, is changed to a hyphen
(0x2010, groff \[u2010] or \[hy]) in the output.

155:Default value of the -m switch.

-.-.

Find a repeated word

! 79 --> the

-.-.

Put a parenthetical sentence, phrase on a separate line,
if not part of a code.
See man-pages(7), item "semantic newline".

mpack.1:106:Split the message (if necessary) into partial messages, each not

-.-.

Put a subordinate sentence (after a comma) on a new line.

mpack.1:81:written to a named file or set of files, or posted to a set of
mpack.1:106:Split the message (if necessary) into partial messages, each not
mpack.1:111:environment variable, or no limit if the environment variable
mpack.1:133:If the message has to be split, the partial messages will instead be

-.-.

Section headings (.SH and .SS) do not need quoting their arguments.

156:.SH "REPORTING BUGS"

-.-.

Output from "test-groff  -mandoc -t -K utf8 -rF0 -rHY=0 -rCHECKSTYLE=10 -ww -z ":

an.tmac:<stdin>:1: style: .TH missing third argument; consider document modification date in ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD)
an.tmac:<stdin>:1: style: .TH missing fourth argument; consider package/project name and version (e.g., "groff 1.23.0")
troff:<stdin>:76: warning: trailing space in the line
troff:<stdin>:78: warning: trailing space in the line
an.tmac:<stdin>:86: misuse, warning: .BI is for at least 2 arguments, got 1
	Use macro '.B' for one argument or split argument.
troff:<stdin>:91: warning: trailing space in the line
troff:<stdin>:109: warning: trailing space in the line
troff:<stdin>:113: warning: trailing space in the line
troff:<stdin>:120: warning: trailing space in the line
troff:<stdin>:124: warning: trailing space in the line

-.-.

Generally:

Split (sometimes) lines after a punctuation mark; before a conjunction.

--- mpack.1	2025-03-19 16:01:06.507948232 +0000
+++ mpack.1.new	2025-03-19 16:10:42.832855233 +0000
@@ -73,22 +73,22 @@ mpack \- pack a file in MIME format
 .I newsgroups
 .I file
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-The 
+The
 .I mpack
-program encodes the 
-the named file in one or more MIME messages.
+program encodes the
+named file in one or more MIME messages.
 The resulting messages are mailed to one or more recipients,
-written to a named file or set of files, or posted to a set of
-newsgroups.
+written to a named file or set of files,
+or posted to a set of newsgroups.
 .PP
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
-.BI \-a
+.B \-a
 Set the Content-Disposition to attachment.  If \-a is not used
 the Content-Disposition is inline.
 .TP
 .BI \-s " subject"
-Set the 
+Set the
 .B Subject
 header field to
 .IR Subject .
@@ -103,25 +103,28 @@ in an introductory section at the beginn
 generated message.
 .TP
 .BI \-m " maxsize"
-Split the message (if necessary) into partial messages, each not
-exceeding
+Split the message
+(if necessary)
+into partial messages,
+each not exceeding
 .I maxsize
-characters.  The default limit is the value of the 
+characters.  The default limit is the value of the
 .B SPLITSIZE
-environment variable, or no limit if the environment variable
-does not exist.
-Specifying a 
+environment variable,
+or no limit
+if the environment variable does not exist.
+Specifying a
 .I maxsize
 of 0 means there is no limit to the size of the generated message.
 .TP
 .BI \-c " content-type"
 Label the included file as being of MIME type
 .IR content-type ,
-which must be a subtype of 
+which must be a subtype of
 .BR application ,
 .BR audio ,
 .BR image ,
-or 
+or
 .BR video .
 If this switch is not given,
 .B mpack
@@ -130,8 +133,8 @@ examines the file to determine its type.
 .BI \-o " outputfile"
 Write the generated message to the file
 .IR outputfile .
-If the message has to be split, the partial messages will instead be
-written to the files
+If the message has to be split,
+the partial messages will instead be written to the files
 .IR outputfile .01,
 .IR outputfile .02,
 etc.
@@ -152,6 +155,6 @@ Mail the generated messages to the speci
 Directory to store temporary files.  Default is /tmp.
 .TP
 .B SPLITSIZE
-Default value of the -m switch.
-.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
+Default value of the \-m switch.
+.SH REPORTING BUGS
 Send all bug reports to mpack\-bugs@andrew.cmu.edu.

  Any program (person), that produces man pages, should check the output
for defects by using (both groff and nroff)

[gn]roff -mandoc -t -ww -b -z -K utf8 <man page>

  The same goes for man pages that are used as an input.

  For a style guide use

  mandoc -T lint

-.-

  Any "autogenerator" should check its products with the above mentioned
'groff', 'mandoc', and additionally with 'nroff ...'.

  It should also check its input files for too long (> 80) lines.

  This is just a simple quality control measure.

  The "autogenerator" may have to be corrected to get a better man page,
the source file may, and any additional file may.

  Common defects:

  Not removing trailing spaces (in in- and output).
  The reason for these trailing spaces should be found and eliminated.

  "git" has a "tool" to point out whitespace,
see for example "git-apply(1)" and git-config(1)")

  Not beginning each input sentence on a new line.
Line length and patch size should thus be reduced.

  The script "reportbug" uses 'quoted-printable' encoding when a line is
longer than 1024 characters in an 'ascii' file.

  See man-pages(7), item "semantic newline".

-.-

The difference between the formatted output of the original and patched file
can be seen with:

  nroff -mandoc <file1> > <out1>
  nroff -mandoc <file2> > <out2>
  diff -d -u <out1> <out2>

and for groff, using

\"printf '%s\n%s\n' '.kern 0' '.ss 12 0' | groff -mandoc -Z - \"

instead of 'nroff -mandoc'

  Add the option '-t', if the file contains a table.

  Read the output from 'diff -d -u ...' with 'less -R' or similar.

-.-.

  If 'man' (man-db) is used to check the manual for warnings,
the following must be set:

  The option \"-warnings=w\"

  The environmental variable:

export MAN_KEEP_STDERR=yes (or any non-empty value)

  or

  (produce only warnings):

export MANROFFOPT=\"-ww -b -z\"

export MAN_KEEP_STDERR=yes (or any non-empty value)

-.-

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
Source: mpack
Source-Version: 1.6-19
Done: Andreas Beckmann <anbe@debian.org>

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
mpack, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 1100862@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Andreas Beckmann <anbe@debian.org> (supplier of updated mpack package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org)


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Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 19:26:51 +0200
Source: mpack
Architecture: source
Version: 1.6-19
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian QA Group <packages@qa.debian.org>
Changed-By: Andreas Beckmann <anbe@debian.org>
Closes: 1097417 1100862 1100883
Changes:
 mpack (1.6-19) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * QA upload.
   * Fix building with GCC 15.  (Closes: #1097417)
   * Editorial manpage changes, thanks to Bjarni Ingi Gislason.
     (Closes: #1100862, #1100883)
   * Drop redundant Rules-Requires-Root: no.
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