GNU bug report logs - #39769
diff man page subjects are gone in apropos(1)

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Message #10 received at 39769-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 39769-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#39769: diff man page subjects are gone in
 apropos(1)
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 21:56:52 -0700

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On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 8:06 AM 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> wrote:
> Because of non-standard formatting, the man page subjects are gone in apropos(1).
>
> $ apropos diff|grep ^diff
> diff (1)             - (unknown subject)
> diff (1posix)        - compare two files
> diff3 (1)            - (unknown subject)
> diffpp (1)           - pretty-print diff outputs with GNU enscript
> difftime (3)         - calculate time difference

Thank you for reporting that!
Pretty sure it's fixed via the attached:

[diff-man-leading-sp.diff (application/octet-stream, attachment)]

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