uutils / uutils/coreutils

Markdown is not converted to ROFF for man pages

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good first issue I - Documentation
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Research direction

Start with the manpage generation path exercised by make manpages, then reproduce the issue using the test page and the changes in pull request #5092. Compare target/debug/man/test.1 with the Debian reference and run man target/debug/man/test.1; done means Markdown content is rendered as valid ROFF in the generated page.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
cli, documentation
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
52/100

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