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grep.in.1: Some remarks about this man page

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Message #13 received at 74502-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Bjarni Ingi Gislason <bjarniig <at> simnet.is>
Cc: 74502-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#74502: grep.in.1: Some remarks about this man page
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2025 13:25:34 -0700

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On 11/23/24 18:17, Paul Eggert wrote:
> that's a recently-introduced groff bug. I reported it here:
> 
> https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/index.php?66481

From the followup to that groff bug report, it appears that the groff 
maintainers don't consider this to be a bug, though they do say it is a 
compatibility issue. To work around this for grep, I installed the first 
attached patch. I noticed some other glitches too (some with traditional 
troff) and installed the second attached patch while I was in the 
neighborhood.

Closing the bug report. Thanks again for reporting the issue.

[0001-doc-use-w-.-not-w.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

[0002-doc-update-man-for-groff-1.23.0-and-apostrophes.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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