bug#39769: closed (diff man page subjects are gone in apropos(1))

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has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #39769,
regarding diff man page subjects are gone in apropos(1)
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> diff man page subjects are gone in apropos(1)
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> Mon, 24 Feb 2020 23:02:10 +0800
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> Because of non-standard formatting, the man page subjects are gone in 
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> $ apropos diff|grep ^diff
> diff (1)             - (unknown subject)
> diff (1posix)        - compare two files
> diff3 (1)            - (unknown subject)
> diffpp (1)           - pretty-print diff outputs with GNU enscript
> difftime (3)         - calculate time difference
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> $ aptitude show diffutils
> Package: diffutils
> Version: 1:3.7-3
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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#39769: diff man page subjects are gone in apropos(1) Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2020 21:56:52 -0700

On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 8:06 AM 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <address@hidden> wrote:
> Because of non-standard formatting, the man page subjects are gone in 
> apropos(1).
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> $ apropos diff|grep ^diff
> diff (1)             - (unknown subject)
> diff (1posix)        - compare two files
> diff3 (1)            - (unknown subject)
> diffpp (1)           - pretty-print diff outputs with GNU enscript
> difftime (3)         - calculate time difference

Thank you for reporting that!
Pretty sure it's fixed via the attached:

diff-man-leading-sp.diff
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