[Bug 2030303] Re: lintian: W: libfontconfig-doc: bad-whatis-entry

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

Thanks for your report.

Yes, the short description is missing on that man page, and you may want
to submit an upstream issue:

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/-/issues

** Changed in: fontconfig (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: fontconfig (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  lintian: W: libfontconfig-doc: bad-whatis-entry

Status in fontconfig package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  debuild -us -uc -b now results in a complete build but with one
  warning at the end:

  ....
  W: libfontconfig-doc: bad-whatis-entry [usr/share/man/man3/FcPatternIterNext.3.gz]
  Finished running lintian.

  fontconfig:
    Installed: 2.14.1-3ubuntu3
    Candidate: 2.14.1-3ubuntu3
  ubuntu: 23.04 lunar

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 23.04
  Package: fontconfig 2.14.1-3ubuntu3
  Uname: Linux 6.3.0-gnulibre x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.26.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  Date: Sun Aug  6 03:49:06 2023
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   TERM=screen.xterm-256color
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  SourcePackage: fontconfig
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to lunar on 2023-02-27 (159 days ago)

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