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Bug 1639465

Summary: Bad formatting in agetty.8 man page
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Keith Schincke <kschinck>
Component: util-linuxAssignee: Karel Zak <kzak>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Radka Brychtova <rskvaril>
Severity: unspecified Docs Contact:
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 7.4CC: rskvaril
Target Milestone: rc   
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Hardware: Unspecified   
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Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: util-linux-2.23.2-61.el7 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed: 2019-08-06 13:10:37 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Keith Schincke 2018-10-15 19:13:04 UTC
Description of problem:
The agetty.8 man page has a typo error. A PP formatting character is used instead of a TP formatting for the 'v' formatting letter in the ISSUE ESCAPES section of the man page. This results in the letter and the description being separated by a space instead of a tab. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
util-linux-2.23.2-43.el7_4.2.x86_64


How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Man agetty
2. Search for ISSUE EASCAPES
3. Review the v formatting letter

Actual results:
       U      Insert the string "1 user" or "<n> users" where <n> is the  num‐
              ber of current users logged in.

       v Insert the version of the OS, eg. the build-date etc.



Expected results:
       U      Insert the string "1 user" or "<n> users" where <n> is the  num‐
              ber of current users logged in.

       v      Insert the version of the OS, eg. the build-date etc.



Additional info:
Here is a patch
diff -u agetty.8.ORIG agetty.8
--- agetty.8.ORIG	2018-10-15 14:57:46.864022021 -0400
+++ agetty.8	2018-10-15 14:56:54.365306688 -0400
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@
 U
 Insert the string "1 user" or "<n> users" where <n> is the number of current
 users logged in.
-.PP
+.TP
 v
 Insert the version of the OS, eg. the build-date etc.
 .PP

Comment 2 Karel Zak 2018-10-16 07:48:08 UTC
Thanks!

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2019-08-06 13:10:37 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2252