[debian-mysql] Fixing man page syntax errors in upstream Oracle

[Norvald H. Ryeng]

Hi Otto,

On Sun, 21 Dec 2014 16:08:07 +0100, Otto Kekäläinen <otto at seravo.fi> wrote:

> Hello Norvald,
>
> After successfully getting my spell check patch to upstream Oracle
> MySQL I was looking into sending a patch that fixes man page syntax
> errors, but I stumbled across some difficulties in the process you
> might be able to help with.
>
> The directory https://github.com/mysql/mysql-server/tree/5.7/man is
> almost empty, yet the Oracle MySQL tar.gz does contain man pages. They
> have some syntax errors, but I am not sure what version to base the
> patches on. Is there a separate man page repo somewhere I can check
> out and create a patch upon?

No, I'm afraid not. They're only in the tarballs.

> If the man page repo is not public I might not be that keen on sending
> contributions to it. It might even have a different license? If that
> is the case you could yourself do the fixes. The syntax errors can be
> seen by running something like this:
>
> $ LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 MANROFFSEQ='' MANWIDTH=80 man --warnings -E UTF-8
> -l -Tutf8 -Z man/* >/dev/null

Could you file a bug on bugs.mysql.com (with or without patch) in the
"MySQL Server: Documentation" category?

BTW, In case you weren't around when I mentioned this in London: We have
to do a one-time force push to github at some point. So beware of breaking
histories. After that, we don't expect any more force pushes.

Regards,

Norvald