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[PATCH] Shepherd: build: Improve man-page NAME whatis string for *.8.

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Message #10 received at 77860-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Simon Josefsson <simon <at> josefsson.org>
Cc: 77860-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug#77860] [PATCH] Shepherd: build: Improve man-page NAME
 whatis string for *.8., [PATCH] build: Improve man-page NAME whatis string
 for *.8.
Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 10:36:24 +0200

Hi Simon,

Simon Josefsson <simon <at> josefsson.org> writes:

> The attached patch solves the same issue but for halt.8 and reboot.8.
>
> This uses help2man's --include-opt instead which I think is a better
> mechanism (and allows the relevant SEE ALSO).
>
> What do you think?

I don’t know, no strong preference here, but consistency may be a good
thing.

> From d97e2485ca700162474d40ffde0b53a06e358ee6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Simon Josefsson <simon <at> josefsson.org>
> Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 11:13:14 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] build: Improve man-page NAME whatis string for *.8.
>
> * Makefile.am (%.8): Pass --include-opt.
> doc/halt.8.h2m: Add.
> doc/reboot.8.h2m: Add.
> Makefile.am (EXTRA_DIST): Add doc/*.h2m's.

Applied, thanks!

Ludo’.

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