[linux-lvm] Problems in lvm.8

[Zdenek Kabelac]

Dne 3.3.2016 v 14:28 esr at thyrsus.com napsal(a):
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> Problems with lvm.8:
>
> List syntax error. This means .IP, .TP or .RS/.RE markup is garbled.
> Common causes include .TP just before a section header, .TP entries
> with tags but no bodies, and mandoc lists with no trailing .El.
> These confuse doclifter, and may also mess up stricter man-page
> browsers like Xman and Rosetta.
>
> --- lvm.8-unpatched	2016-03-03 08:26:12.286823811 -0500
> +++ lvm.8	2016-03-03 08:26:24.274791810 -0500
> @@ -42,122 +42,121 @@
>   .SH BUILT-IN COMMANDS
>   The following commands are built into lvm without links normally
>   being created in the filesystem for them.
> -.TP
> +.IP
>   \fBconfig\fP \(em The same as \fBlvmconfig\fP(8) below.
> -.TP
> +.IP

Hi

Unfortunately patches like this cannot be easily applied.

As the visual rendering here is more important then List syntax error.

So we would need to know some other way to get similar output while
not hitting syntax errors.

Regards

Zdenek