Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 20:40:32 +0200 (CEST) From: Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: ports/72398: emulators/mtools man pages are too funky for getNAME(1), mess up whatis database Message-ID: <200410061840.i96IeWfr080494@hal9000.schweikhardt.net> Resent-Message-ID: <200410061850.i96IoRlG088688@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 72398 >Category: ports >Synopsis: emulators/mtools man pages are too funky for getNAME(1), mess up whatis database >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Oct 06 18:50:27 GMT 2004 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jens Schweikhardt >Release: FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: Digital Details >Environment: System: FreeBSD hal9000.schweikhardt.net 6.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 6.0-CURRENT #0: Tue Aug 31 17:07:43 CEST 2004 toor@hal9000.schweikhardt.net:/share/HEAD/obj/share/HEAD/src/sys/HAL9000 i386 >Description: The mtools come with non-standard troff manual pages which getNAME(1) can not properly decode. This messes up the whatis(8) database. >How-To-Repeat: Install emulators/mtools. # cd /usr/local/man # grep TQ whatis floppyd(1) - floppy daemon for remote access to floppy drive floppyd_installtest - tests whether floppyd is installed and running '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" floppyd_installtest(1) - tests whether floppyd is installed and running '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" mattrib(1) - change MSDOS file attribute flags '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" mbadblocks(1) - tests a floppy disk, and marks the bad blocks in the FAT '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" mcat(1) - dump raw disk image '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" mcd(1) - change MSDOS directory '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" mcopy(1) - copy MSDOS files to/from Unix '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" mdel(1) - delete an MSDOS file mdeltree - recursively delete an MSDOS directory and its contents '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" mdeltree(1) - recursively delete an MSDOS directory and its contents '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" mdir(1) - display an MSDOS directory '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" mdu(1) - display the amount of space occupied by an MSDOS directory '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" mformat(1) - add an MSDOS filesystem to a low-level formatted floppy disk '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" minfo(1) - print the parameters of a MSDOS filesystem '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" mkmanifest(1) - makes list of file names and their DOS 8+3 equivalent '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" mlabel(1) - make an MSDOS volume label '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" mmd(1) - make an MSDOS subdirectory '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" mmount(1) - mount an MSDOS disk '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" mmove(1) - move or rename an MSDOS file or subdirectory '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" mpartition(1) - partition an MSDOS hard disk '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" mrd(1) - remove an MSDOS subdirectory '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" mren(1) - rename an existing MSDOS file '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" mshowfat(1) - shows FAT clusters allocated to file '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" mtools(1) - utilities to access DOS disks in Unix. '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" mtools(5), mtools.conf(5) - mtools configuration files '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" St Mtools '\*(St''%' '%''\*(St' mtoolstest(1) - tests and displays the configuration '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" mtype(1) - display contents of an MSDOS file '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" mzip(1) - change protection mode and eject disk on Zip/Jaz drive '" t TQ \$1 . (is' (if` (pd" >Fix: Hit the mtools maintainer over the head with a troff manual. :-) The TQ macro does not seem to be used anywhere. I have no idea about the "is", "if" and "pd" stuff. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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