Bug#451187: man-db: allow passing warning options to groff

2007-11-25 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> and it's on the roadmap for bzr too, though not done yet. >>> (I actually like having to clone the whole remote repository, >>> though, because it effectively gives me an automatic backup. I have >>> regretted the fact that Arch didn't give m

Bug#451187: man-db: allow passing warning options to groff

2007-11-25 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 11:55:32AM +0600, Ivan Shmakov wrote: > > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > and it's on the roadmap for bzr too, though not done yet. > > > (I actually like having to clone the whole remote repository, though, > > because it effectively gives me an auto

Bug#451187: man-db: allow passing warning options to groff

2007-11-25 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> I think my scars from using GNU Arch are finally fading. If you >>> haven't used bzr before, you should find it to have most of the >>> benefits and few of the drawbacks; its designers were certainly >>> very aware of both aspects of Arch. >

Bug#451187: man-db: allow passing warning options to groff

2007-11-25 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Nov 25, 2007 at 08:29:35PM +0600, Ivan Shmakov wrote: > > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I think my scars from using GNU Arch are finally fading. If you > > haven't used bzr before, you should find it to have most of the > > benefits and few of the drawbacks; its des

Bug#451187: man-db: allow passing warning options to groff

2007-11-25 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] >>> bzr get http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cjwatson/bzr/man-db/trunk/ >> I'm glad to see that so many projects benefit from using DVCS' >> nowadays! [...] > I think my scars from using GNU Arch are finally fading. If you > haven't u

Bug#451187: man-db: allow passing warning options to groff

2007-11-24 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 09:35:43PM +0600, Ivan Shmakov wrote: > > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > If you want to check this out, install bzr and run: > > > bzr get http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cjwatson/bzr/man-db/trunk/ > > I'm glad to see that so many projects b

Bug#451187: man-db: allow passing warning options to groff

2007-11-24 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] >> It was suggested that man-db gets one more command as well, to >> do the checking in a ``standard way''. So, I suggest the >> following: >> * add support for an MANROFFOPT environment variable to specify >> extra arguments to groff (a

Bug#451187: man-db: allow passing warning options to groff

2007-11-24 Thread Colin Watson
tags 451187 fixed-upstream thanks On Sat, Nov 24, 2007 at 03:28:45AM +0600, Ivan Shmakov wrote: > It was suggested that man-db gets one more command as well, to > do the checking in a ``standard way''. So, I suggest the > following: > > * add support for an MANROFFOPT env

Bug#451187: man-db: allow passing warning options to groff

2007-11-23 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> Ivan Shmakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > The patch follows. [...] > --- man-db-2.5.0-debian-3/man/Makefile.in2007-09-17 02:37:33.0 > +0700 > +++ man-db-2.5.0-debian-3-manwe/man/Makefile.in 2007-11-24 > 02:29:07

Bug#451187: man-db: allow passing warning options to groff

2007-11-23 Thread Ivan Shmakov
> Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Package: man-db > Version: 2.5.0-3 > Severity: wishlist > It would be useful to be able to tell man to pass the -wmac option to > groff, or other similar warning options. I would like to add at least an > option to man to pass arbitrary warni

Bug#451187: man-db: allow passing warning options to groff

2007-11-13 Thread Colin Watson
Package: man-db Version: 2.5.0-3 Severity: wishlist It would be useful to be able to tell man to pass the -wmac option to groff, or other similar warning options. I would like to add at least an option to man to pass arbitrary warning options to groff; it might even be useful (with care) to allow