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Errors in man coreutils pages

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From: Helge Kreutzmann <debian <at> helgefjell.de>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: 41962 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#41962: Errors in man coreutils pages
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2020 19:56:44 +0200

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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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