Hi Jan
Jan Wagemakers Jan Wagemakers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> | pts/3 jan ~/deb$ lintian picprog_1.8-1_i386.changes
> | W: picprog: manpage-has-errors-from-man
> | usr/share/man/man1/picprog.1.gz 44: warning: can't find numbered
> | character 195 pts/3 jan ~/deb$
>
>
> In this manpage the character "ä" is used twice. When I change those
> ä's with a "a" the warnings disappear.
>
> My question :
>
> How should I handle this?
>
You shuld escape umlauts in manpages.
Please see groff_char(7).
And send it upstream as a patch.
Kindly regards,
Erik
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