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Errors in man coreutils pages

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Message #16 received at 41962-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Helge Kreutzmann <debian <at> helgefjell.de>
Cc: 41962-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41962: Errors in man coreutils pages
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2020 22:47:06 +0100

On 20/06/2020 18:56, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> 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.

Pushed.
Marking as done.

thanks again,
Pádraig

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