Re: Errors in man pages, here: tzfile(5): Punctuation

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On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 at 00:50, Jakub Wilk <jwilk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >* Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>, 2020-04-20, 11:13:
> >>>Final comma → fullstop
> >>>
> >>>"Some readers may mishandle time zone abbreviations that contain fewer than 3 "
> >>>"or more than 6 characters, or that contain ASCII characters other than "
> >>>"alphanumerics,"
> >>
> >>I can't find this text. Please elaborate/check.
>
> This text is from the tz's man page:
> https://github.com/eggert/tz/blob/2019c/tzfile.5#L348
>
> But the sentence in question does not end with the comma.
> I guess it's a bug in the software that processed the man page?
>
>
> >This text was added in a Debian patch:
> >https://sources.debian.org/src/manpages/4.16-2/debian/patches/0010-tzfile.5.patch/
>
> (Blargh! I meant to sent this to the other thread about tzfile(5).)

Thanks for the info. Jakub.

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