Hello,
in posix man-pages (man-pages-posix-2003-a.tar.bz2) there are several
problems which cause groff syntax errors. The patches which fix them are
attached.
Ivana Hutarova Varekova
diff -up man-pages-3.29/man1p/awk.1p.qqq man-pages-3.29/man1p/awk.1p
--- man-pages-3.29/man1p/awk.1p.qqq 2008-06-05 11:22:12.000000000 +0200
+++ man-pages-3.29/man1p/awk.1p 2010-10-22 15:45:44.000000000 +0200
@@ -2197,7 +2197,7 @@ necessary to use parentheses to enforce
.LP
The \fIawk\fP program specified in the command line is most easily
specified within single-quotes (for example,
-'\fIprogram\fP') for applications using \fIsh\fP, because \fIawk\fP
+\fI'program'\fP) for applications using \fIsh\fP, because \fIawk\fP
programs commonly contain
characters that are special to the shell, including double-quotes.
In the cases where an \fIawk\fP program contains single-quote
diff -up man-pages-3.29/man1p/.qqq man-pages-3.29/man1p/
diff -up man-pages-3.29/man1p/man.1p.pom man-pages-3.29/man1p/man.1p
--- man-pages-3.29/man1p/man.1p.pom 2008-06-05 11:22:12.000000000 +0200
+++ man-pages-3.29/man1p/man.1p 2010-10-22 13:35:55.000000000 +0200
@@ -44,10 +44,7 @@ command:
.RS
.nf
-\fBgrep -Ei '
-\fP\fIname
-name\fP\fB...
-'\fP \fIsummary-database\fP
+\fBgrep -Ei '\fP\fIname name\fP\fB...' \fP \fIsummary-database\fP
.fi
.RE
.LP
diff -up man-pages-3.29/man1p/printf.1p.ppp man-pages-3.29/man1p/printf.1p
--- man-pages-3.29/man1p/printf.1p.ppp 2008-06-05 11:22:12.000000000 +0200
+++ man-pages-3.29/man1p/printf.1p 2010-10-22 15:33:14.000000000 +0200
@@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ octal number that shall be converted to
numeric value specified by the octal number
.LP
.IP " *" 3
-\fB'\\c'\fP, which shall not be written and shall cause \fIprintf\fP
+sequence \fB'\\c'\fP
+which shall not be written and shall cause \fIprintf\fP
to ignore any remaining characters in the string
operand containing it, any remaining string operands, and any additional
characters in the \fIformat\fP operand
