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From:
"Theo de Raadt" <deraadt@openbsd.org>
Subject:
Re: man sh(1): tiny markup fix
To:
Otto Moerbeek <otto@drijf.net>, tech@openbsd.org
Date:
Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:41:00 -0700

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Why should we care about things we can't control?

You are being ridiculous.

Steffen Nurpmeso <steffen@sdaoden.eu> wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> Otto Moerbeek wrote in
>  <Zei1QvdUYlIOvIa-@macmini.intra.drijf.net>:
>  |On Wed, Mar 06, 2024 at 07:14:30PM +0100, Steffen Nurpmeso wrote:
>  ...
>  |> Without a patch, but for many years the ssh tools have bogus
>  |> manual pages.  I see
>  |> 
>  |>   AUTHORS
>  |>    ‐nosplit  OpenSSH  is  a derivative of the original and free ssh \
>  |>    1.2.12
>  |>    release by
>  |> 
>  |>    Tatu Ylonen .
>  ...
>  |> in sshd?_config.
>  ...
>  |You need to supply more details. On my sytems and on man.openbsd.org
>  |the sshd_config man page renders fine.
> 
> Ok; hm, it is on Linux, and it seems there the manual is converted
> from mdoc to man macro (why *this*?)!  And
> 
>   zless /usr/share/man/man5/sshd_config.5.gz
> 
> gives that 1:1:
> 
>   .SH AUTHORS
> 
>   -nosplit
>   OpenSSH is a derivative of the original and free
>   ssh 1.2.12 release by
> 
>   Tatu Ylonen .
> 
> So there must be a converter script, and it is broken.
> But i can assure you it is for many years.
> 
> I really hate this community behaviour.  I mean: this is OpenSSH,
> not some minor library or script needed to fulfill some
> dependency.
> 
>  |> And ach! i would long for USR1 handling.
> 
> --steffen
> |
> |Der Kragenbaer,                The moon bear,
> |der holt sich munter           he cheerfully and one by one
> |einen nach dem anderen runter  wa.ks himself off
> |(By Robert Gernhardt)
>