GNU bug report logs - #59262
Dash instead of two hyphens in manual

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio <at> gnu.org>

Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2022 23:15:07 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #19 received at 59262 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>,
 Antonio Diaz Diaz <antonio <at> gnu.org>, 59262 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59262: Dash instead of two hyphens in manual
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 10:59:06 -0800

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
On 2022-11-15 05:36, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> A few  more instances are fixed in the attached,
> and a new syntax check to avoid future occurrences.

Thanks, I installed the attached to fix a comment, and fix some more 
hyphen-vs-dash issues that I noticed while looking at your patch. These 
are harder to automate, unfortunately.
[0001-maint-fix-cfg.mk-comment.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
[0002-doc-more-dash-fixes.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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