-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/01/14 01:16, Dmitry Smirnov wrote: > This is really pedantic. :)
we're fairly pedantic around here ;) > There is nothing wrong with this check. Lintian uses man output to > check for hyphens. I had reproducible case where I could see > hyphens outside of lintian and escaping exactly one minus after > space was enough to see the problem gone even if second minus was > left un-escaped. There were never dash following minus in man pages > even if only first minus after space was escaped. > > Although documentation can always be improved I doubt if there will > be any reason to mention that "this check is correct". We assume > all checks to be correct -- otherwise we report bugs. :) if only a subset of dashes/minus signs has to be escaped, this will have to be mentioned in groff manpages, i hope. will try to investigate this further. > I recommend to close this "bug" right away. I didn't do it myself > merely to leave room for second opinion. Thanks. - -- Rich -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJSx0fSAAoJEF1g9OE7BGQEul8H/1BxyKz42X1Z2JFZ5h/DlcHC ZQq4d6R2yUF79ezkIqrL29H5HoXckmSkpEYGs+UkaiZqLa3KrgXYSS9mtBsbX8Ow bT/vcJMLaj4kkVJwXUoI+VS4B2i3f1X+s37PY8BTKLmkbHv0D03Osbz7iaFcEqYh HhZlKRAUj4lGoOjZngLRluoh5LD0OkMeMfGvkhmkRPz1u+N2+Kubdi0yVWh7qWfX XROgKKZHq6ubyQtOLpF4NzIMOxUR8lpevtnMc6ZSU9i0IJbwrkIjEMhyj6rPJ8L7 HDby9eO/cVV/88SS29t8LPcLFf70V4h4KxrNk/HhO2/09jBfKAYRgX2Yaz0Tae4= =uPiY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org