Package: coreutils
Version: 5.93-5
Severity: minor
Tags: patch

Hello,

help2man requires at least 2 spaces between the options and the
descriptions.

The generated man pages contain:
.TP
\fB\-\-strip\-trailing\-slashes\fR remove any trailing slashes from each SOURCE
argument

instead of:
.TP
\fB\-\-strip\-trailing\-slashes\fR
remove any trailing slashes from each SOURCE argument

This causes a minor formatting issue (mostly on less than 80 columns
terminals or devices)

The attached patch adds the additional space.

Kind Regards,
-- 
Nekral
diff -rauN coreutils-5.93.orig/src/cp.c coreutils-5.93/src/cp.c
--- coreutils-5.93.orig/src/cp.c        2005-09-16 09:50:33.000000000 +0200
+++ coreutils-5.93/src/cp.c     2006-02-06 00:55:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
 "), stdout);
       fputs (_("\
       --sparse=WHEN            control creation of sparse files\n\
-      --strip-trailing-slashes remove any trailing slashes from each SOURCE\n\
+      --strip-trailing-slashes  remove any trailing slashes from each SOURCE\n\
                                  argument\n\
 "), stdout);
       fputs (_("\
diff -rauN coreutils-5.93.orig/src/mv.c coreutils-5.93/src/mv.c
--- coreutils-5.93.orig/src/mv.c        2005-07-03 18:49:15.000000000 +0200
+++ coreutils-5.93/src/mv.c     2006-02-06 00:26:01.000000000 +0100
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
   -i, --interactive            prompt before overwrite\n\
 "), stdout);
       fputs (_("\
-      --strip-trailing-slashes remove any trailing slashes from each SOURCE\n\
+      --strip-trailing-slashes  remove any trailing slashes from each SOURCE\n\
                                  argument\n\
   -S, --suffix=SUFFIX          override the usual backup suffix\n\
 "), stdout);

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