Various manpage fixes

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ab74c0e7a34f318abb0ac2f7b582c24cbf6674c1..8abbda3f7d517bdd1af2b360155bc5f762315c30 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ dpkg (1.14.8) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * Allow to use other compressions than gzip on dpkg-source -b
     (NOTE: this will result in a Format: 2.0 source package!).
     Closes: #382673
+  * Various small fixes to the manpages suggested by Helge Kreutzmann.
+    Closes: #445858
 
   [ Updated dpkg translations ]
   * Polish (Robert Luberda).

diff --git a/man/deb-symbols.5 b/man/deb-symbols.5
index 6dd84fa660d7e29eafc9ee2078842232111eb6c1..94c1bd518c01fcb0a249ab81995318aea9f5c7d2 100644 (file)
--- a/man/deb-symbols.5
+++ b/man/deb-symbols.5
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ in these files is:
  <symbol> <mininal version>[ <id of dependency template> ]
 .P
 The \fIlibrary soname\fR is exactly the value of the SONAME field
-as exported by \fBobjdump\fR. A \fIdependency template\fR is a
+as exported by \fBobjdump\fR(1). A \fIdependency template\fR is a
 dependency where \fI#MINVER#\fR is dynamically replaced either by
 a version check like "(>= \fIminimal version\fR)" or by nothing (if
 an unversionned dependency is deemed sufficient). 

diff --git a/man/dpkg-gencontrol.1 b/man/dpkg-gencontrol.1
index 2ee9b1a0d0fed8d77d6e62b8e3220d1610b5e363..c7fe0ca689107db0a734c3d2048e0112f3248cc0 100644 (file)
--- a/man/dpkg-gencontrol.1
+++ b/man/dpkg-gencontrol.1
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ The list of generated files which are part of the upload being
 prepared.
 .B dpkg\-gencontrol
 adds the presumed filenames of binary packages whose control files it
-generates here;
+generates here.
 .
 .SH AUTHORS
 Copyright (C) 1995-1996 Ian Jackson

diff --git a/man/install-info.8 b/man/install-info.8
index c7a38fb826535f022450659056ca172da22d0ddb..6722b7f36e6010b3217da3a9c60184d9614ae997 100644 (file)
--- a/man/install-info.8
+++ b/man/install-info.8
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ updated or removed. If
 .B \-\-remove\-exactly
 is specified, then
 .I filename
-should be the exact entry name to be removed (i.e. "emacs\-20/emacs" or
+should be the exact entry name to be removed (e.g. "emacs\-20/emacs" or
 "gcc"), otherwise the basename of this filename is used as the
 referent of the menu entry which is created, unless there's an
 overriding START-INFO-DIR entry inside the given file. This file must
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ except that
 is taken as the exact entry to be removed, rather than as the name
 of an existing file. This can be important when trying to remove
 entries that refer to info files in subdirectories
-(i.e. "emacs\-20/emacs") because
+(e.g. "emacs\-20/emacs") because
 .B \-\-remove
 will operate on the basename of the given
 .I filename