Re: [patch] user_namespaces.7: Fix two groff warnings for escape character ignored

["Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

Hi Stéphane

When do you see these warnings? (I'm not seeing them.)

Cheers,

Michael

On 02/26/2015 09:23 AM, saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org wrote:
> From: Stéphane Aulery <saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stéphane Aulery <saulery-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  man7/user_namespaces.7 | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man7/user_namespaces.7 b/man7/user_namespaces.7
> index 4baf7aa..0e24d9a 100644
> --- a/man7/user_namespaces.7
> +++ b/man7/user_namespaces.7
> @@ -439,12 +439,12 @@ maps to a range starting at 0 in the (nonexistent) parent namespace,
>  and the length of the range is the largest 32-bit unsigned integer.
>  (This deliberately leaves 4294967295 (the 32-bit signed \-1 value) unmapped.
>  This is deliberate:
> -.IR "(uid_t)\ -\1"
> +.IR "(uid_t) -1"
>  is used in several interfaces (e.g.,
>  .BR setreuid (2))
>  as a way to specify "no user ID".
>  Leaving
> -.IR "(uid_t)\ -\1"
> +.IR "(uid_t) -1"
>  unmapped and unusable guarantees that there will be no
>  confusion when using these interfaces.
>  .\"
> 


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