Re: LFTP manpages on OSX are busted

Alexander Lukyanov <[email protected]> Sun, 17 Sep 2017 11:40:05 +0000
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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.
>
>
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<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 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:nate@sutt=
on.me">[email protected]</a>&gt; 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:&lt;standard input&gt;:171: unrecognised format `&=
lt;&#39;</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:&lt;standard input&gt;:171: giving up on th=
is table</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:&lt;standard input&gt;:190: `p&#39; modifie=
r must be followed by number</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:&lt;standard input&gt;:=
190: unrecognised format `h&#39;</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:&lt;standard input&=
gt;:190: giving up on this table</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:&lt;standard input&=
gt;:220: unrecognised format `h&#39;</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:&lt;standard in=
put&gt;:220: giving up on this table</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:&lt;standard in=
put&gt;:243: unrecognised format `\&#39;</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:&lt;standar=
d input&gt;:243: giving up on this table</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:&lt;standar=
d input&gt;:303: unrecognised format `\&#39;</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:&lt;sta=
ndard input&gt;:303: giving up on this table</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:&lt;sta=
ndard input&gt;:323: unrecognised format `\&#39;</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:&lt=
;standard input&gt;:323: giving up on this table</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:&lt=
;standard input&gt;:364: unrecognised format `\&#39;</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl=
:&lt;standard input&gt;:364: giving up on this table</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl=
:&lt;standard input&gt;:398: unrecognised format `\&#39;</div><div>/usr/bin=
/tbl:&lt;standard input&gt;:398: giving up on this table</div><div>/usr/bin=
/tbl:&lt;standard input&gt;:427: unrecognised format `\&#39;</div><div>/usr=
/bin/tbl:&lt;standard input&gt;:427: giving up on this table</div><div>/usr=
/bin/tbl:&lt;standard input&gt;:454: unrecognised format `\&#39;</div><div>=
/usr/bin/tbl:&lt;standard input&gt;:454: giving up on this table</div><div>=
/usr/bin/tbl:&lt;standard input&gt;:484: unrecognised format `\&#39;</div><=
div>/usr/bin/tbl:&lt;standard input&gt;:484: giving up on this table</div><=
div>/usr/bin/tbl:&lt;standard input&gt;:545: unrecognised format `\&#39;</d=
iv><div>/usr/bin/tbl:&lt;standard input&gt;:545: giving up on this table</d=
iv><div>/usr/bin/tbl:&lt;standard input&gt;:571: unrecognised format `\&#39=
;</div><div>/usr/bin/tbl:&lt;standard input&gt;:571: giving up on this tabl=
e</div></div><div><br></div><div>Looking at the source of lftp.1, the error=
s don&#39;t seem to match up to the text.</div><div><br></div><div>I don&#3=
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 &quot;GNU tbl (groff) ve=
rsion 1.19.2&quot;. I&#39;m not sure if this is something you&#39;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>
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