> On Sep 14, 2020, at 11:31 AM, Yonghong Song <yhs@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> When building bpf selftests like
> make -C tools/testing/selftests/bpf -j20
> I hit the following errors:
> ...
> GEN /net-next/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tools/build/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-gen.8
> <stdin>:75: (WARNING/2) Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
> <stdin>:71: (WARNING/2) Literal block ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
> <stdin>:85: (WARNING/2) Literal block ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
> <stdin>:57: (WARNING/2) Block quote ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
> <stdin>:66: (WARNING/2) Literal block ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
> <stdin>:109: (WARNING/2) Literal block ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
> <stdin>:175: (WARNING/2) Literal block ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
> <stdin>:273: (WARNING/2) Literal block ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
> make[1]: *** [/net-next/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tools/build/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-perf.8] Error 12
> make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> make[1]: *** [/net-next/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tools/build/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-iter.8] Error 12
> make[1]: *** [/net-next/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tools/build/bpftool/Documentation/bpftool-struct_ops.8] Error 12
> ...
>
> I am using:
> -bash-4.4$ rst2man --version
> rst2man (Docutils 0.11 [repository], Python 2.7.5, on linux2)
> -bash-4.4$
>
> The Makefile generated final .rst file (e.g., bpftool-cgroup.rst) looks like
> ...
> ID AttachType AttachFlags Name
> \n SEE ALSO\n========\n\t**bpf**\ (2),\n\t**bpf-helpers**\
> (7),\n\t**bpftool**\ (8),\n\t**bpftool-btf**\
> (8),\n\t**bpftool-feature**\ (8),\n\t**bpftool-gen**\
> (8),\n\t**bpftool-iter**\ (8),\n\t**bpftool-link**\
> (8),\n\t**bpftool-map**\ (8),\n\t**bpftool-net**\
> (8),\n\t**bpftool-perf**\ (8),\n\t**bpftool-prog**\
> (8),\n\t**bpftool-struct_ops**\ (8)\n
>
> The rst2man generated .8 file looks like
> Literal block ends without a blank line; unexpected unindent.
> .sp
> n SEEALSOn========nt**bpf**(2),nt**bpf\-helpers**(7),nt**bpftool**(8),nt**bpftool\-btf**(8),nt**
> bpftool\-feature**(8),nt**bpftool\-gen**(8),nt**bpftool\-iter**(8),nt**bpftool\-link**(8),nt**
> bpftool\-map**(8),nt**bpftool\-net**(8),nt**bpftool\-perf**(8),nt**bpftool\-prog**(8),nt**
> bpftool\-struct_ops**(8)n
>
> Looks like that particular version of rst2man prefers to have actual new line
> instead of \n.
>
> Since `echo -e` may not be available in some environment, let us use `printf`.
> Format string "%b" is used for `printf` to ensure all escape characters are
> interpretted properly.
>
> Cc: Quentin Monnet <quentin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@xxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 18841da98100 ("tools: bpftool: Automate generation for "SEE ALSO" sections in man pages")
> Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@xxxxxx>
Acked-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx>
