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diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/docbook-utils-escape-characters.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/docbook-utils-escape-characters.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3845ee6238 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnu/packages/patches/docbook-utils-escape-characters.patch @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +# Source: <https://sources.debian.org/patches/docbook-utils/0.6.14-4/bug_528334.patch/> + +Description: incorrectly strips whitespace (patch included) + In the previous upload, docbook2man was patched to escape the special + characters . and ' at the beginning of a line (see #399947). + Unfortunately that patch was incorrect -- as well as escaping the special + characters, it also removes all whitespace from the beginning of + affected lines. As a result, if you are in a block where whitespace + matters (such as <screen>...</screen>) then the output is now incorrect. + + This is very easy to fix -- just match the whitespace and preserve it, + instead of tossing it away. The full patch (just two lines) is included + below. +Author: Ben Burton <bab@debian.org> +Forwarded: not-needed +Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/528334 + +Edit by Bruno Victal <mirai@makinata.eu>: + Patch was edited so that it could be applied against the original + docbook-utils-0.6.14 sources. + +Index: docbook-utils-0.6.14/helpers/docbook2man-spec.pl +=================================================================== +--- docbook-utils-0.6.14.orig/helpers/docbook2man-spec.pl 2012-05-09 18:59:42.584774885 +0200 ++++ docbook-utils-0.6.14/helpers/docbook2man-spec.pl 2012-05-09 19:00:34.788773002 +0200 +@@ -1212,8 +1212,8 @@ + $_[0] =~ s/\\/\\\\/g; + + # Escape dots and single quotes in column 1 +- $_[0] =~ s/^\./\\\&\./; +- $_[0] =~ s/^\'/\\\&\'/; ++ $_[0] =~ s/^([ \t]*)\./$1\\\&\./; ++ $_[0] =~ s/^([ \t]*)\'/$1\\\&\'/; + + # In non-'pre'-type elements: + if(!$nocollapse_whitespace) { |