[karmic] mjpegtools.1.gz: whatis parse failed

Bug #412962 reported by arky
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mjpegtools (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: mjpegtools

mandb warns
mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/mjpegtools.1.gz: whatis parse for mjpegtools(1) failed

$ whatis mjpegtools
mjpegtools (1) - (unknown subject)

Perhaps adding before the title would fix this.

.SH NAME

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Aug 13 16:22:20 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: mjpegtools 1:1.9.0-0.5ubuntu1 [modified: usr/share/man/man1/mjpegtools.1.gz]
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-5.24-generic
SourcePackage: mjpegtools
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-5-generic i686

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arky (arky) wrote :
Ryan (ubuntu-draziw)
Changed in mjpegtools (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Ryan (ubuntu-draziw) wrote :

I think it needs the SH line to correctly show the man section, and the .SH needs the NAME that should show in the whatis.

diff mjpegtools.1-org mjpegtools.1
1c1,3
< .\"
---
> .TH MJPEGTOOLS 1
> .SH NAME
> mjpegtools \- MJPEG tools manual

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