Re: [hackers] [sbase][PATCH] fix: update man pages to standard mdoc date format

From: Roberto E. Vargas Caballero <k0ga_AT_shike2.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2024 08:37:50 +0200

Hi,

On Sat, Sep 07, 2024 at 10:57:31PM +0000, Brandon Pribula wrote:
> Hello,
>
> When viewing sbase's man pages the date displayed at the bottom is the current date rather than the date entered in the <program>.1 file.
>
> According to this:
>
> https://mandoc.bsd.lv/mdoc/details/date.html
>
> The traditional man date format used by sbase (.Dd year-month-day) is no longer recommended and no longer supported by GNU troff or Heirloom Docs and as a result the current date is displayed instead.
> Although this format is still accepted by mandoc for backward compatibility.
>
> For portability it states the standard mdoc date format should be used instead: .Dd month day, year
>
> I applied the following patch to sbase's last commit b30fb56 and it fixes the issue.

Applied, thanks

Roberto Vargas
Received on Sun Sep 08 2024 - 08:37:50 CEST

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