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Re: libdebug



On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 07:10:13PM +0200, Abraham vd Merwe wrote:
> When checking my libdebug packages, I get:
> 
> ------------< snip <------< snip <------< snip <------------
> abz@oasis:~/work/libdebug$ lintian -i libdebug_0.4.1_i386.changes
> W: libdebug0-dev: manpage-section-mismatch
> usr/share/man/man3/hexdump.3debug.gz:30 3debug != 3
> N:
> N:   A man page usually should contain a .TH header, specifying the
> N:   section. The section in this manpage doesn't match with the section in
> N:   the filename. Please consult groff_man(7) for more information about
> N:   .TH syntax (amongst others).
> N:
> W: libdebug0-dev: manpage-section-mismatch
> usr/share/man/man3/log_open.3debug.gz:30 3debug != 3
> W: libdebug0-dev: manpage-section-mismatch
> usr/share/man/man3/mem_open.3debug.gz:30 3debug != 3
> abz@oasis:~/work/libdebug$
> ------------< snip <------< snip <------< snip <------------
> 
> I am using the debug extension for man pages in all my libraries in order to
> avoid polluting the namespace. This convention is also used by other people
> (openssl, ncurses, etc)

The complaint is not about that, but that the .TH line doesn't match the
filename.

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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