Package: man-db
Version: 2.8.4-3
Severity: minor
Dear Maintainer,
the current wording for the option "MANROFFOPT" is:
The contents of $MANROFFOPT are added to the command line every time man
invokes the formatter (nroff, troff, or groff).
1) This has lead to a misconception by me, understanding "command
line" as being for the "man" command.
2) The piece "ROFF" in the name is "buried" in the name, so it was
not really noticed by me until now ("MAN_ROFF_OPT" would let "ROFF"
stand out).
So I suggest making it explicit what "command line" refers to:
... added to the command line of the formatter (nroff, troff, or groff)
every time man invokes it.
The option "MANROFFOPT" can solve a "problem" I have had with the
input variable 'F' in manuals created by "pod2man".
See for example debian bug #847972, bug-groff #52983, and web page
rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=75434.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
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APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500,
'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.18.10-2 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=is_IS.iso88591, LC_CTYPE=is_IS.iso88591 (charmap=ISO-8859-1),
LANGUAGE=is_IS.iso88591 (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
Versions of packages man-db depends on:
ii bsdmainutils 11.1.2+b1
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.69
ii dpkg 1.19.2
ii groff-base 1.22.3-10
ii libc6 2.27-8
ii libgdbm6 1.18.1-2
ii libpipeline1 1.5.0-2
ii libseccomp2 2.3.3-3
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-1
man-db recommends no packages.
Versions of packages man-db suggests:
pn apparmor <none>
ii firefox-esr [www-browser] 60.3.0esr-1
ii groff 1.22.3-10
ii less 487-0.1+b1
ii lynx [www-browser] 2.8.9rel.1-2
ii w3m [www-browser] 0.5.3-36+b1
-- debconf information:
man-db/auto-update: true
man-db/install-setuid: false
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Bjarni I. Gislason
