Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 16:23:38 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@auss2.alcatel.com.au> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: bin/9502: `me' macro documentation incorrectly defines \n(yr Message-ID: <99Jan15.162301est.40342@border.alcanet.com.au>
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>Number: 9502
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: `me' macro documentation incorrectly defines \n(yr
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Thu Jan 14 21:30:01 PST 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Peter Jeremy
>Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
Alcatel Australia
>Environment:
>Description:
The groff number register `yr' is assigned from a (struct tm).tm_year
and therefore represents the number of years since 1900, not the
year within the century (see definition in troff/input.cc).
>How-To-Repeat:
Code inspection
>Fix:
--- /3.0/src/contrib/groff/doc/meref.me Sun Sep 8 02:18:32 1996
+++ ./meref.me Fri Jan 15 14:46:37 1999
@@ -1827,7 +1827,7 @@
for example, \*(mo is \n(mo),
and
.NR (yr
-(the last two digits of the current year).
+(the number of years since 1900).
.TL
.ST (lq
.DE
@@ -2184,7 +2184,7 @@
\&.xp M print index
\en(xs R index entry prespace
\en(xu R index undent (from right margin)
-\en(yr R\(sc year (last two digits only)
+\en(yr R\(sc year (years since 1900)
\en(zs R floating keep pre/post space
\e{ F\(sc begin conditional group
\e| F\(sc 1/6 em narrow space
--- /3.0/src/share/doc/usd/20.meref/ref.me Tue May 31 05:08:31 1994
+++ ./ref.me Fri Jan 15 14:46:37 1999
@@ -1995,7 +1995,7 @@
for example, \*(mo is \n(mo),
and
.NR (yr
-(the last two digits of the current year).
+(the number of years since 1900).
.TL
.ST (lq
.DE
@@ -2374,7 +2374,7 @@
\&.xp M print index
\en(xs R index entry prespace
\en(xu R index undent (from right margin)
-\en(yr R\(sc year (last two digits only)
+\en(yr R\(sc year (years since 1900)
\en(zs R floating keep pre/post space
\e{ F\(sc begin conditional group
\e| F\(sc 1/6 em narrow space
--- /3.0/src/share/me/summary.external Tue May 31 05:09:00 1994
+++ ./summary.external Fri Jan 15 14:46:37 1999
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
xp M print index
xs R index entry prespace
xu R index undent (from right margin)
-yr R\(sc year (last two digits only)
+yr R\(sc year (years since 1900)
zs R floating keep pre/post space
{ F\(sc begin conditional group
| F\(sc 1/6 em narrow space
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