[pacman-dev] [PATCH 3/3] Remove backslash typo from makepkg man page

[Dan McGee]

On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 10:35 PM, Eric Bélanger <snowmaniscool at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 2:54 AM, Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> On 29/04/13 12:00, Eric Bélanger wrote:
>> > Signed-off-by: Eric Bélanger <snowmaniscool at gmail.com>
>> > ---
>> >  doc/makepkg.8.txt | 2 +-
>> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/doc/makepkg.8.txt b/doc/makepkg.8.txt
>> > index bb7a9a3..53a7867 100644
>> > --- a/doc/makepkg.8.txt
>> > +++ b/doc/makepkg.8.txt
>> > @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Synopsis
>> >  Description
>> >  -----------
>> >  'makepkg' is a script to automate the building of packages. The
>> requirements for
>> > -using the script are a build-capable \*nix platform and a custom build
>> script
>> > +using the script are a build-capable *nix platform and a custom build
>> script
>> >  for each package you wish to build (known as a PKGBUILD). See
>> >  linkman:PKGBUILD[5] for details on creating your own build scripts.
>> >
>>
>> Hrm...  did this used to be needed?  I see it was added in with its
>> original commit in 2007 so it may just have been an oversight.
>>
>> Anyone more familiar with asciidoc than I am want to comment
>
>
>
> Status? I guess that if no-one complained in the past week then it's OK,
> right? Anyhow, it missed the 4.1.1 deadline so there's no hurry. I just
> don't want it to be forgotten.

I think Asciidoc was stupider before with regards to '*' entering a
bold/emphasis highlighting section. It appears it isn't necessary, so

Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan at archlinux.org>