[bug #55004] Makefile variables expanded in man page text are not properly escaped

[G. Branden Robinson]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55004>

                 Summary: Makefile variables expanded in man page text are not
properly escaped
                 Project: GNU troff
            Submitted by: gbranden
            Submitted on: Sat 10 Nov 2018 02:07:32 PM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 2 - Minor
              Item Group: Documentation
                  Status: In Progress
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: gbranden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

Makefile variables can contain characters that need to be escaped when
interpolated in man page text.  The most notable case is that of hyphen-minus
characters in file specifications.

For instance, ".../site-tmac/..." needs to be ".../site\-tmac/..." in man page
text.

I have a patch for this.





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