Examples section in manpage is illegible due to bad formatting

Bug #1614419 reported by Travisgevans
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One Hundred Papercuts
Fix Released
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udevil (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
udevil (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Bug Description

As can be seen on http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/xenial/man1/udevil.1.html , there's a problem with the formatting under the EXAMPLES section. Instead of each example being on a separate line, the entire block is jumbled together into a paragraph-sized mess.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: udevil 0.4.4-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: i3
Date: Thu Aug 18 03:07:39 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-11 (128 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
SourcePackage: udevil
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-26 (113 days ago)

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Travisgevans (travisgevans) wrote :
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Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd) wrote :

Thanks for taking your time to report this issue and help making Ubuntu better.

I can confirm the formatting is unchanged on Ubuntu 16.10. I also forwarded it to the Debian package which had the same issue (see the attached bug watch)

Changed in udevil (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
tags: added: manpage yakkety
Changed in udevil (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
Changed in udevil (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Low
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package udevil - 0.4.4-2

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udevil (0.4.4-2) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Fix manpage. (Closes: #840842 LP: #1614419)
  * debian/control:
    + Clean Recommends field. (Closes: #869143)
    + Bump dh version to 10.
    + Use secured links.
    + Bump Standards-Version to 4.0.0. (no changes needed)
  * Add cherry picks from upstream:
    + add --always-exec option for exec during startup/--mount-all.
    + fix misspelling privileges.
    + Fix "implicit declaration of function stat".
    + fix cannot mount iso file within iso file.
    + update lang pt_BR fr ru sv de it pl es.
    + Added ability to run under a user's systemd session.
  * debian/patches:
    + Drop fix-spelling-error.patch match more changes included in cherry pick.
    + Add raspberrypi_config.patch -- Merge Raspberry Pi config changes.
    They are more specific for Debian.
  * Update debian/copyright.
  * debian/rules:
    + Enable hardening.
    + Install devmon@.service in correct place. (Closes: #799745)

 -- Mateusz Łukasik <email address hidden> Sun, 23 Jul 2017 19:36:24 +0200

Changed in udevil (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd) wrote :

Verified with udevil 0.4.4-2 on Ubuntu Artful (upcoming 17.10) The examples are much more readable.

Changed in hundredpapercuts:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
Changed in udevil (Debian):
status: New → Fix Released
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