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bug#41962: Errors in man coreutils pages
From: |
Helge Kreutzmann |
Subject: |
bug#41962: Errors in man coreutils pages |
Date: |
Sat, 20 Jun 2020 19:56:44 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) |
Hello Pádraig,
On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 06:25:25PM +0100, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 20/06/2020 07:48, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
>
> Thanks for reporting these issues.
> They should be addressed in the attached.
Thanks for your quick reply.
> > Man page: rm.1
> > Issue: FIXME I<> → B<>
> >
> > "B<--preserve-root>[=I<\\,all\\/>]"
>
> The 'I' is auto generated by help2man and consistent with other uses.
> What's the specific issue here?
Well, don't mind if it is autogenerated; usually parameters which are
variables (i.e. can be changed) get a I<>, while parameters which are
fixed strings get a B<>; but again, if it is from help2man than it is
outside your domain.
Greetings
Helge
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