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1846 regular use minor always 2006-10-01 22:07 2011-02-15 14:08
jeff SunFire V250  
Solaris 9 (sparc) Generic  
normal 117171-14  
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3.0 fixed  
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0001846: Manual page will not format
Running the ntop.8 source page through nroff produces no output. The problem is that the author apparently does not know about the two-character limit on [nt]roff macro names and tries to define a macro named It2. Nroff silently chokes on this (although groff gives you a useful error message). Near the head of the file you will find:

.de It
.TP 1.2
.B \"\\\\$1 \"
..
.de It2
.TP 1.2
.B \"\\\\$1 | \\\\$2\"
..

Doing a global edit on the source file and substituting \"Iz\" for \"It2\" fixes the problem and the page will format.

Please fix and inform author to revise the source.
Fixed version set to be included in next package update. Thanks for the information on how to fix.
Issue History
2011-02-15 14:08 jcraig Status new => closed
2011-02-15 14:08 jcraig Resolution open => fixed
2011-02-15 14:08 jcraig Description Updated
2011-02-15 14:08 jcraig Additional Information Updated

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