On Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 02:18:26PM +0100, Denis Barbier wrote: > > > > mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/wml_aux_linklint.1.gz: whatis parse > > > > for wml_aux_linklint(1) failed > > > > > > i am a new Debian developer, and have no idea how to fix this bug. > > > It appears that previous Debian maintainers added some headers to groff > > > manpages, which are now rejected. I must have missed something in > > > current manpage packaging, but don't see what. Could someone point me > > > out to accurate documentation ? > > > > The page source: > > > > + .TH WML_AUX_LINKLINT 1 "24 May 1997" "WML" "Website META Language" > > + .ad r > > + .na > > + .ss 12 0 > > + .in 0 > > + .nh > > + .nf > > > > That's screwed up :) s/^+ // and all should be well. > > but policy 6.1 says that > You must not install a preformatted `cat page'.
And you didn't do that. AFAIK formatted cat pages are what you get in /var/cache/man/cat1/zsh.1.gz after running man zsh, not this. > I guess this is why these *roff commands have been added. As I said, they haven't been added properly, use the above regexp to fix it (well, it should have been a litteral +, but other than that it's fine :) > So how to manify a text file? Read man(7). :) But I wouldn't bother if I were you, as long as the proper content is provided the page is satisfactory. -- Digital Electronic Being Intended for Assassination and Nullification
