Re: SyntaxWarning for '\S'

[Stephen Smith <ishchis2@gmail.com>]

Given that you don’t see it and that Ubuntu release is due a month from now I will see if it is part of the update.  If the fix isn’t part of the update I will report it. 

Thanks.  
SPS

> On Sep 13, 2024, at 11:24 AM, brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> wrote:
> 
> On 2024-09-10 at 03:49:33, Stephen Smith wrote:
>> When compiling Git from source on my Ubuntu machine I've lately been getting
>> some warnings when the docs are built.
>> 
>> An example of is:
>> 
>> ASCIIDOC git-sh-i18n--envsubst.html
>> <unknown>:1: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\S'
>> <unknown>:1: SyntaxWarning: invalid escape sequence '\S'
>> 
>> This syntax warning shows up for nearly every man page or html file.
>> 
>> Is there are current documented solution?   If there isn't a documented
>> solution, where do I start looking and I will craft a patch and submit it.
> 
> I believe this is a warning from Python about the asciidoc program
> itself.  I don't see this on my Debian unstable system, so it may be
> that it's fixed upstream (you can check at
> https://gitlab.com/asciidoc3/asciidoc3/) and if so, you can open an
> issue with Ubuntu to get it fixed.
> 
> If it bothers you, you could also use Asciidoctor, which is written in
> Ruby, and which won't have that warning.
> --
> brian m. carlson (they/them or he/him)
> Toronto, Ontario, CA
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