[bug #53721] new version strings overrun footer in man pages

[G. Branden Robinson]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53721>

                 Summary: new version strings overrun footer in man pages
                 Project: GNU troff
            Submitted by: gbranden
            Submitted on: Mon 23 Apr 2018 11:52:04 AM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              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:

Man page output is pretty grotty (natch) on 80-column terminals now that we're
using git-version-gen.

I have a fix.  Here's the difference it makes:


--- /tmp/a      2018-04-23 07:46:25.839226113 -0400
+++ /tmp/b      2018-04-23 07:48:39.981793596 -0400
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 SEE ALSO
        tbl(1), eqn(1), refer(1), man(1), man(7), groff_mdoc(7)
 
-Groff Version 1.22.4.rc2.15‐a6c2223iApril 2018                   
GROFF_MAN(7)
+groff 1.22.4.rc2.15‐a6c22‐dirty  23 April 2018                   
GROFF_MAN(7)





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