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authorKristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>2010-05-26 14:03:54 +0000
committerKristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>2010-05-26 14:03:54 +0000
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Allow bad -man dates to flow verbatim into the front-ends. Noted by
Ulrich Spoerlein.
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.73 2010/05/25 22:48:04 kristaps Exp $
+.\" $Id: man.7,v 1.74 2010/05/26 14:03:54 kristaps Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2009 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
.\"
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: May 25 2010 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: May 26 2010 $
.Dt MAN 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -809,8 +809,9 @@ arguments must be provided.
The
.Cm date
argument should be formatted as described in
-.Sx Dates :
-if it does not conform, the current date is used instead.
+.Sx Dates ,
+but will be printed verbatim if it is not.
+If the date is not specified, the current date is used.
The
.Cm source
string specifies the organisation providing the utility.