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misc/46784: "pretty" dashes in manpages make copying from manpages inadvisable
>Number: 46784
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: the dashes used for command options don't work
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: misc-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Aug 08 07:20:00 +0000 2012
>Originator: S.P.Zeidler
>Release: NetBSD 6.99.10
>Organization:
dis-
>Environment:
System: NetBSD tucana.1st.de 6.99.10 NetBSD 6.99.10 (TUCANA) #39: Mon Jul 30
10:01:47 CEST 2012
root%tucana.1st.de@localhost:/home/netbsd/amd64/kernobj/TUCANA amd64
Architecture: x86_64
Machine: amd64
>Description:
take for example:
--- snip ---
tucana# vnconfig â??u vnd0
vnconfig: /dev/râ??ud: opendisk: No such file or directory
tucana# vnconfig -u vnd0
tucana#
--- snip ---
The first version was copied from the man page.
Having synopsis, examples etc in manpages you can't actually use
is a great way to get rid of new users and to annoy existing ones.
.Fl needs to produce something that actually works.
.Op Fl, too
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
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