Re: LFTP manpages on OSX are busted
Alexander Lukyanov <[email protected]> Sun, 17 Sep 2017 11:40:05 +0000
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--===============6048751222153338350== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="001a1141d026f35ac605596116d4" --001a1141d026f35ac605596116d4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Unfortunately I am not an expert in nroff or tbl either. I usually just add information to the man page by analogy with the old text. On =D1=81=D0=B1, 16 =D1=81=D0=B5=D0=BD=D1=82. 2017, 23:53 Nate Sutton <nate= @sutton.me> wrote: > On lftp 4.8.0 installed via homebrew on OSX 10.11.6, I get a bunch of > errors trying to load the manpage and I think it prevents some informatio= n > from being displayed. The errors look like this: > > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:171: unrecognised format `<' > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:171: giving up on this table > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:190: `p' modifier must be followed by numbe= r > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:190: unrecognised format `h' > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:190: giving up on this table > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:220: unrecognised format `h' > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:220: giving up on this table > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:243: unrecognised format `\' > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:243: giving up on this table > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:303: unrecognised format `\' > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:303: giving up on this table > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:323: unrecognised format `\' > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:323: giving up on this table > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:364: unrecognised format `\' > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:364: giving up on this table > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:398: unrecognised format `\' > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:398: giving up on this table > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:427: unrecognised format `\' > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:427: giving up on this table > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:454: unrecognised format `\' > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:454: giving up on this table > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:484: unrecognised format `\' > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:484: giving up on this table > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:545: unrecognised format `\' > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:545: giving up on this table > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:571: unrecognised format `\' > /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:571: giving up on this table > > Looking at the source of lftp.1, the errors don't seem to match up to the > text. > > I don't understand the manpage format but I suspect OSX is using a crappy= , > old tbl, like it does with other tools. `tbl -v` shows "GNU tbl (groff) > version 1.19.2". I'm not sure if this is something you're interesting in > fixing but it would be nice to have the full manpage on osx. > > > _______________________________________________ > lftp mailing list > [email protected] > http://univ.uniyar.ac.ru/mailman/listinfo/lftp > --001a1141d026f35ac605596116d4 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <p dir=3D"ltr">Unfortunately I am not an expert in nroff or tbl either. I u= sually just add information to the man page by analogy with the old text.</= p> <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On =D1=81=D0=B1, 16 =D1=81= =D0=B5=D0=BD=D1=82. 2017, 23:53 Nate Sutton <<a href=3D"mailto:nate@sutt= on.me">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_qu= ote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex= "><div dir=3D"ltr">On lftp 4.8.0 installed via homebrew on OSX 10.11.6, I g= et a bunch of errors trying to load the manpage and I think it prevents som= e information from being displayed. The errors look like this:<div><br></di= v><div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:171: unrecognised format `&= lt;'</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:171: giving up on th= is table</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:190: `p' modifie= r must be followed by number</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:= 190: unrecognised format `h'</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:<standard input&= gt;:190: giving up on this table</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:<standard input&= gt;:220: unrecognised format `h'</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:<standard in= put>:220: giving up on this table</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:<standard in= put>:243: unrecognised format `\'</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:<standar= d input>:243: giving up on this table</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:<standar= d input>:303: unrecognised format `\'</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:<sta= ndard input>:303: giving up on this table</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:<sta= ndard input>:323: unrecognised format `\'</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:<= ;standard input>:323: giving up on this table</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:<= ;standard input>:364: unrecognised format `\'</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl= :<standard input>:364: giving up on this table</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl= :<standard input>:398: unrecognised format `\'</div><div>/usr/bin= /tbl:<standard input>:398: giving up on this table</div><div>/usr/bin= /tbl:<standard input>:427: unrecognised format `\'</div><div>/usr= /bin/tbl:<standard input>:427: giving up on this table</div><div>/usr= /bin/tbl:<standard input>:454: unrecognised format `\'</div><div>= /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:454: giving up on this table</div><div>= /usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:484: unrecognised format `\'</div><= div>/usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:484: giving up on this table</div><= div>/usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:545: unrecognised format `\'</d= iv><div>/usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:545: giving up on this table</d= iv><div>/usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:571: unrecognised format `\'= ;</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:<standard input>:571: giving up on this tabl= e</div></div><div><br></div><div>Looking at the source of lftp.1, the error= s don't seem to match up to the text.</div><div><br></div><div>I don= 9;t understand the manpage format but I suspect OSX is using a crappy, old = tbl, like it does with other tools. `tbl -v` shows "GNU tbl (groff) ve= rsion 1.19.2". I'm not sure if this is something you're intere= sting in fixing but it would be nice to have the full manpage on osx.</div>= <div><br></div><div><br></div></div> _______________________________________________<br> lftp mailing list<br> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a= ><br> <a href=3D"http://univ.uniyar.ac.ru/mailman/listinfo/lftp" rel=3D"noreferre= r" target=3D"_blank">http://univ.uniyar.ac.ru/mailman/listinfo/lftp</a><br> </blockquote></div> --001a1141d026f35ac605596116d4-- --===============6048751222153338350== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ lftp mailing list [email protected] http://univ.uniyar.ac.ru/mailman/listinfo/lftp --===============6048751222153338350==--