[gpm] Fwd: problems in gpm-types.7

Alessandro Rubini rubini@gnudd.com
Sun Nov 21 22:42:24 CET 2004


I received this one. I'm sure it's not the first time I get it.
I suggest the following actions:
	- apply the patch
	- change the maintainer name and email

Thanks
/alessandro

> From: esr@thyrsus.com
> To: rubini@gnu.org
> Subject: problems in gpm-types.7
> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 23:02:13 -0500
>
> This is automatically generated email about problems in a man page for which
> you appear to be responsible.  If you are not the right person or list, tell
> me and I will attempt to correct my database.
> 
> See http://catb.org/~esr/doclifter/problems.html for details on how and
> why these patches were generated.  Feel free to email me with any questions.
> Note: These patches do not change the mod date of any manual page.  You
> may wish to do that by hand.
> 
> Problems with gpm-types.7:
> 
> My records indicate that you have accepted this patch, so this is just
> a reminder.  Please try to get a release with the patch incorporated
> to the Fedora folks in time for Fedora Core 4.
> 
> 1. Missing or garbled name section.  The most common form of garbling
> is a missing - or extra -. Or your manual page may have been generated
> by a tool that doesn't emit a NAME section as it should.  These
> problems make it impossible to lift the page to DocBook.  They
> can also confuse some implementations of man -k.
> 
> --- gpm-types.7	2003-02-16 19:50:16.000000000 -0500
> +++ gpm-types.7	2003-02-16 19:51:06.000000000 -0500
> @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
>  .TH GPM-TYPES 7 "July 2000"
>  .UC 4
>  .SH NAME
> -This manual page describes what pointer types (mice, tablets,
> -etc) are currently managed by gpm.
> +gpm-types \- pointer types (mice, tablets, etc.) managed by gpm.
>  .br
>  The information below is extracted from the texinfo file, which is the
>  preferred source of information.
> -----------------------------
> 
> --
>                              Eric S. Raymond


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