uutils/coreutils

Markdown is not converted to ROFF for man pages

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#5,095 opened on Jul 17, 2023

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Research direction
Investigate how markdown is converted to ROFF during man page generation, specifically in the `make manpages` target, and ensure that the conversion handles markdown syntax properly.
Tech stack
rust
Domain
documentationbuild system
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Bug
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2
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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65