Public bug reported: Starting with Ubuntu 16.04 running linuxdoc produces a number of Perl warnings:
linuxdoc -B html -s 1 manual.sgml Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\\nameurl{ <-- HERE (.*)}{(.*)}/ at /usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/fmt/fmt_latex2e.pl line 287. Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\\nameurl{(.*)}{ <-- HERE (.*)}/ at /usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/fmt/fmt_latex2e.pl line 287. Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\\nameurl{ <-- HERE .*}{.*}/ at /usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/fmt/fmt_latex2e.pl line 291. Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\\nameurl{.*}{ <-- HERE .*}/ at /usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/fmt/fmt_latex2e.pl line 291. Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/^\\usepackage{ <-- HERE \@LINUXDOC_DTD\@-sgml}/ at /usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/fmt/fmt_latex2e.pl line 370. Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/^\\usepackage\[\@BABELOPTIONS\@\]{ <-- HERE babel}/ at /usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/fmt/fmt_latex2e.pl line 375. Processing file manual.sgml ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: linuxdoc-tools 0.9.71-2 [modified: usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/fmt/fmt_latex2e.pl] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-34.53-generic 4.4.15 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-34-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Aug 22 12:43:20 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-24 (544 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1) SourcePackage: linuxdoc-tools UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-20 (1 days ago) ** Affects: linuxdoc-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linuxdoc-tools in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1615585 Title: Perl warnings when using linuxdoc Status in linuxdoc-tools package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Starting with Ubuntu 16.04 running linuxdoc produces a number of Perl warnings: linuxdoc -B html -s 1 manual.sgml Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\\nameurl{ <-- HERE (.*)}{(.*)}/ at /usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/fmt/fmt_latex2e.pl line 287. Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\\nameurl{(.*)}{ <-- HERE (.*)}/ at /usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/fmt/fmt_latex2e.pl line 287. Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\\nameurl{ <-- HERE .*}{.*}/ at /usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/fmt/fmt_latex2e.pl line 291. Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\\nameurl{.*}{ <-- HERE .*}/ at /usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/fmt/fmt_latex2e.pl line 291. Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/^\\usepackage{ <-- HERE \@LINUXDOC_DTD\@-sgml}/ at /usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/fmt/fmt_latex2e.pl line 370. Unescaped left brace in regex is deprecated, passed through in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/^\\usepackage\[\@BABELOPTIONS\@\]{ <-- HERE babel}/ at /usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/fmt/fmt_latex2e.pl line 375. Processing file manual.sgml ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: linuxdoc-tools 0.9.71-2 [modified: usr/share/linuxdoc-tools/fmt/fmt_latex2e.pl] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-34.53-generic 4.4.15 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-34-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Mon Aug 22 12:43:20 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-24 (544 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20150218.1) SourcePackage: linuxdoc-tools UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-20 (1 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linuxdoc-tools/+bug/1615585/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp