From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
To: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Cc: mtk.manpages@gmail.com, linux-man@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [rfc] drop "coding: UTF-8" header
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 09:38:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c2d1c695-d6fe-465c-5c4f-a76df9754feb@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200726062340.28800-1-vapier@gentoo.org>
Hi Mike,
On 7/26/20 8:23 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@chromium.org>
>
> This header is used inconsistently -- man pages are UTF-8 encoded
> but not setting this marker. It's only respected by the man-db
> package, and seems a bit anachronistic at this point when UTF-8
> is the standard default nowadays.
Thanks. Patch applied.
Cheers,
Michael
> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
> ---
> man1/iconv.1 | 2 --
> man3/mbstowcs.3 | 1 -
> man3/newlocale.3 | 1 -
> man5/locale.5 | 1 -
> man7/armscii-8.7 | 1 -
> man7/charsets.7 | 1 -
> man7/cp1251.7 | 1 -
> man7/cp1252.7 | 1 -
> man7/iso_8859-1.7 | 1 -
> man7/iso_8859-10.7 | 1 -
> man7/iso_8859-11.7 | 1 -
> man7/iso_8859-13.7 | 1 -
> man7/iso_8859-14.7 | 1 -
> man7/iso_8859-15.7 | 1 -
> man7/iso_8859-16.7 | 1 -
> man7/iso_8859-2.7 | 1 -
> man7/iso_8859-3.7 | 1 -
> man7/iso_8859-4.7 | 1 -
> man7/iso_8859-5.7 | 1 -
> man7/iso_8859-6.7 | 1 -
> man7/iso_8859-7.7 | 1 -
> man7/iso_8859-8.7 | 1 -
> man7/iso_8859-9.7 | 1 -
> man7/koi8-r.7 | 1 -
> man7/koi8-u.7 | 1 -
> man8/iconvconfig.8 | 2 --
> scripts/convert_to_utf_8.sh | 2 +-
> 27 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 29 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/man1/iconv.1 b/man1/iconv.1
> index 3649e6dbe12e..8207e1cea3d6 100644
> --- a/man1/iconv.1
> +++ b/man1/iconv.1
> @@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> -.\"
> .\" Copyright (C) 2014 Marko Myllynen <myllynen@redhat.com>
> .\"
> .\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
> diff --git a/man3/mbstowcs.3 b/man3/mbstowcs.3
> index f92ab681c56f..cf650506eb80 100644
> --- a/man3/mbstowcs.3
> +++ b/man3/mbstowcs.3
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> .\" Copyright (c) Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>
> .\" and Copyright 2014 Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
> .\"
> diff --git a/man3/newlocale.3 b/man3/newlocale.3
> index 2d71f1a8cf51..86b961fc628d 100644
> --- a/man3/newlocale.3
> +++ b/man3/newlocale.3
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> .\" Copyright (C) 2014 Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
> .\"
> .\" %%%LICENSE_START(VERBATIM)
> diff --git a/man5/locale.5 b/man5/locale.5
> index 85e548bc17f3..f6b63da9d956 100644
> --- a/man5/locale.5
> +++ b/man5/locale.5
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> .\" Copyright (C) 1994 Jochen Hein (Hein@Student.TU-Clausthal.de)
> .\" Copyright (C) 2008 Petr Baudis (pasky@suse.cz)
> .\" Copyright (C) 2014 Michael Kerrisk <mtk@manpages@gmail.com>
> diff --git a/man7/armscii-8.7 b/man7/armscii-8.7
> index 94c51e3680c0..163c81d5b27f 100644
> --- a/man7/armscii-8.7
> +++ b/man7/armscii-8.7
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> .\" Copyright 2009 Lefteris Dimitroulakis <edimitro at tee.gr>
> .\"
> .\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
> diff --git a/man7/charsets.7 b/man7/charsets.7
> index 439ea7343708..79d1c1442238 100644
> --- a/man7/charsets.7
> +++ b/man7/charsets.7
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> .\" Copyright (c) 1996 Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
> .\" and Copyright (c) Andries Brouwer <aeb@cwi.nl>
> .\"
> diff --git a/man7/cp1251.7 b/man7/cp1251.7
> index 382de42c8510..fdc1af847300 100644
> --- a/man7/cp1251.7
> +++ b/man7/cp1251.7
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> .\" Copyright 2009 Lefteris Dimitroulakis (edimitro@tee.gr)
> .\"
> .\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
> diff --git a/man7/cp1252.7 b/man7/cp1252.7
> index 07ac84bf5d19..759a4061d0bb 100644
> --- a/man7/cp1252.7
> +++ b/man7/cp1252.7
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> .\" Copyright 2014 (C) Marko Myllynen <myllynen@redhat.com>
> .\"
> .\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
> diff --git a/man7/iso_8859-1.7 b/man7/iso_8859-1.7
> index 202768231f51..8c57bcfbc3eb 100644
> --- a/man7/iso_8859-1.7
> +++ b/man7/iso_8859-1.7
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> .\" Copyright 1993-1995 Daniel Quinlan (quinlan@yggdrasil.com)
> .\"
> .\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
> diff --git a/man7/iso_8859-10.7 b/man7/iso_8859-10.7
> index 82c8eeda5f7f..02f89221cdb0 100644
> --- a/man7/iso_8859-10.7
> +++ b/man7/iso_8859-10.7
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> .\" Copyright 2009 Lefteris Dimitroulakis (edimitro@tee.gr)
> .\"
> .\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
> diff --git a/man7/iso_8859-11.7 b/man7/iso_8859-11.7
> index 073ddc65771e..afc931b00e98 100644
> --- a/man7/iso_8859-11.7
> +++ b/man7/iso_8859-11.7
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> .\" Copyright 2009 Lefteris Dimitroulakis <edimitro at tee.gr>
> .\"
> .\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
> diff --git a/man7/iso_8859-13.7 b/man7/iso_8859-13.7
> index 06de48839aa8..6a5304b11a51 100644
> --- a/man7/iso_8859-13.7
> +++ b/man7/iso_8859-13.7
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> .\" Copyright 2009 Lefteris Dimitroulakis (edimitro@tee.gr)
> .\"
> .\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
> diff --git a/man7/iso_8859-14.7 b/man7/iso_8859-14.7
> index 592bd0838e05..cb39a9e915fd 100644
> --- a/man7/iso_8859-14.7
> +++ b/man7/iso_8859-14.7
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> .\" Copyright 2009 Lefteris Dimitroulakis (edimitro@tee.gr)
> .\"
> .\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
> diff --git a/man7/iso_8859-15.7 b/man7/iso_8859-15.7
> index 5e71a41aae60..9946b0bc266f 100644
> --- a/man7/iso_8859-15.7
> +++ b/man7/iso_8859-15.7
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> .\" Copyright 1993-1995 Daniel Quinlan (quinlan@yggdrasil.com)
> .\" Copyright 1999 Dimitri Papadopoulos (dpo@club-internet.fr)
> .\"
> diff --git a/man7/iso_8859-16.7 b/man7/iso_8859-16.7
> index 8d9b5a259586..5bf518279b07 100644
> --- a/man7/iso_8859-16.7
> +++ b/man7/iso_8859-16.7
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> .\" Copyright 2002 Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă (IMCiobica@netscape.net)
> .\"
> .\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
> diff --git a/man7/iso_8859-2.7 b/man7/iso_8859-2.7
> index 095f0612d0ca..a9e478b58d66 100644
> --- a/man7/iso_8859-2.7
> +++ b/man7/iso_8859-2.7
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> .\" Copyright 1999 Roman Maurer (roman.maurer@hermes.si)
> .\" Copyright 1993-1995 Daniel Quinlan (quinlan@yggdrasil.com)
> .\"
> diff --git a/man7/iso_8859-3.7 b/man7/iso_8859-3.7
> index 5f2605852f3d..b9e00fd10ed9 100644
> --- a/man7/iso_8859-3.7
> +++ b/man7/iso_8859-3.7
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> .\" Copyright 2009 Lefteris Dimitroulakis (edimitro@tee.gr)
> .\"
> .\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
> diff --git a/man7/iso_8859-4.7 b/man7/iso_8859-4.7
> index 6eefaef93989..4ef5c0e05a44 100644
> --- a/man7/iso_8859-4.7
> +++ b/man7/iso_8859-4.7
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> .\" Copyright 2009 Lefteris Dimitroulakis (edimitro@tee.gr)
> .\"
> .\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
> diff --git a/man7/iso_8859-5.7 b/man7/iso_8859-5.7
> index 7e3c8cec1087..1396b36de92e 100644
> --- a/man7/iso_8859-5.7
> +++ b/man7/iso_8859-5.7
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> .\" Copyright 2009 Lefteris Dimitroulakis (edimitro@tee.gr)
> .\"
> .\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
> diff --git a/man7/iso_8859-6.7 b/man7/iso_8859-6.7
> index 5e1608a2e342..d2c5aea085d5 100644
> --- a/man7/iso_8859-6.7
> +++ b/man7/iso_8859-6.7
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> .\" Copyright 2009 Lefteris Dimitroulakis (edimitro@tee.gr)
> .\"
> .\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
> diff --git a/man7/iso_8859-7.7 b/man7/iso_8859-7.7
> index f59570888089..97bb728d803b 100644
> --- a/man7/iso_8859-7.7
> +++ b/man7/iso_8859-7.7
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> .\" Copyright 1999 Dimitri Papadopoulos (dpo@club-internet.fr)
> .\"
> .\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
> diff --git a/man7/iso_8859-8.7 b/man7/iso_8859-8.7
> index b7e1c5f7b53a..bdfaa571cad7 100644
> --- a/man7/iso_8859-8.7
> +++ b/man7/iso_8859-8.7
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> .\" Copyright 2009 Lefteris Dimitroulakis (edimitro@tee.gr)
> .\"
> .\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
> diff --git a/man7/iso_8859-9.7 b/man7/iso_8859-9.7
> index b97efc29cf15..705971e454c9 100644
> --- a/man7/iso_8859-9.7
> +++ b/man7/iso_8859-9.7
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> .\" Copyright 2002 Dimitri Papadopoulos (dpo@club-internet.fr)
> .\"
> .\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
> diff --git a/man7/koi8-r.7 b/man7/koi8-r.7
> index 7ee9e2927d42..7d1977eb3832 100644
> --- a/man7/koi8-r.7
> +++ b/man7/koi8-r.7
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> .\" Copyright 2001 Alexey Mahotkin <alexm@hsys.msk.ru>
> .\"
> .\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
> diff --git a/man7/koi8-u.7 b/man7/koi8-u.7
> index 0c56e949f3e4..987918724d7f 100644
> --- a/man7/koi8-u.7
> +++ b/man7/koi8-u.7
> @@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> .\" Copyright 2009 Lefteris Dimitroulakis <edimitro at tee.gr>
> .\"
> .\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
> diff --git a/man8/iconvconfig.8 b/man8/iconvconfig.8
> index 2cc3536f4c11..b572829659b5 100644
> --- a/man8/iconvconfig.8
> +++ b/man8/iconvconfig.8
> @@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
> -'\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
> -.\"
> .\" Copyright (C) 2014 Marko Myllynen <myllynen@redhat.com>
> .\"
> .\" %%%LICENSE_START(GPLv2+_DOC_FULL)
> diff --git a/scripts/convert_to_utf_8.sh b/scripts/convert_to_utf_8.sh
> index b8a5e83baee1..28f5a72cf8c7 100755
> --- a/scripts/convert_to_utf_8.sh
> +++ b/scripts/convert_to_utf_8.sh
> @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fi
> out_dir="$1"
> shift
>
> -enc_line="'\\\" t -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-"
> +enc_line=""
>
> for f in "$@"; do
> enc=$(file -bi "$f" | cut -d = -f 2)
>
--
Michael Kerrisk
Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-08-13 7:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-07-26 6:23 [PATCH] [rfc] drop "coding: UTF-8" header Mike Frysinger
2020-08-13 7:38 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) [this message]
2020-08-13 11:07 ` G. Branden Robinson
2020-08-13 11:27 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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