#1134934 anacron: Issues in man pages

Package:
anacron
Source:
anacron
Description:
cron-like program that doesn't go by time
Submitter:
Helge Kreutzmann
Date:
2026-04-26 07:15:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1134934#5
Date:
2026-04-26 07:13:06 UTC
From:
To:
Dear anacron maintainer,
the manpage-l10n project[1] maintains a large number of translations of
man pages both from a large variety of sources (including anacron) as
well for a large variety of target languages.

During their work translators notice different possible issues in the
original (english) man pages. Sometimes this is a straightforward
typo, sometimes a hard to read sentence, sometimes this is a
convention not held up and sometimes we simply do not understand the
original.

We use several distributions as sources and update regularly (at
least every 2 month). This means we are fairly recent (some
distributions like archlinux also update frequently) but might miss
your latest upstream version once in a while, so the error might be
already fixed. We apologize and ask you to close the issue immediately
if this should be the case, but given the huge volume of projects and
the very limited number of volunteers we are not able to double check
each and every issue.

Secondly we translators see the manpages in the neutral po format,
i.e. converted and harmonized, but not the original source (be it man,
groff, xml or other). So we cannot provide a true patch (where
possible), but only an approximation which you need to convert into
your source format.

Finally the issues I'm reporting have accumulated over time and are
not always discovered by me, so sometimes my description of the
problem my be a bit limited - do not hesitate to ask so we can clarify
them.

I'm now reporting the issues for your project. If future reports
should use another channel, please let me know.

[1] https://manpages-l10n-team.pages.debian.net/manpages-l10n/

Man page: anacron.8
Issue:    B<cron(8)> → B<cron>(8)

"B<Anacron> is used to execute commands periodically, with a frequency "
"specified in days.  Unlike B<cron(8)>, it does not assume that the machine "
"is running continuously.  Hence, it can be used on machines that are not "
"running 24 hours a day to control regular jobs as daily, weekly, and monthly "
"jobs."
--
Man page: anacron.8
Issue:    under with → with

"Any informative messages generated by Anacron are sent to B<syslogd>(8)  or "
"B<rsyslogd>(8)  under with facility set to B<cron> and priority set to "
"B<notice>.  Any error messages are sent with the priority B<error>."
--
Man page: anacron.8
Issue:    TZ → B<TZ>

"Make sure your time-zone is set correctly before Anacron is started since "
"the time-zone affects the date.  This is usually accomplished by setting the "
"TZ environment variable, or by installing a I</usr/lib/zoneinfo/localtime> "
"file.  See B<tzset>(3)  for more information."
--
Man page: anacron.8
Issue:    /etc/anacrontab → I</etc/anacrontab>

"If a job generates any output on its standard output or standard error, the "
"output is mailed to the user running Anacron (usually root), or to the "
"address contained by the MAILTO environment variable in the /etc/anacrontab "
"file, if such exists.\\&"
--
Man page: anacron.8
Issue:    behaviour → behavior (»behaviour« is British English)

"Please read Debian-specific documentation in I</usr/share/doc/anacron/"
"README.Debian> file for detailed instruction in how to change such behaviour."
"\\&"
--
Man page: anacron.8
Issue:    B<anacron -H file> → B<anacron -H> I<file>

"B<anacron -H file>"
--
Man page: anacron.8
Issue:    anacrontab → B<anacrontab>(5)

"Print Base64 encoded hash of file for job in anacrontab, and exit.\\&"
--
Man page: anacrontab.5
Issue:    line containing → lines containing

"Empty lines are either blank lines, line containing white spaces only, or "
"lines with white spaces followed by a '#' followed by an arbitrary comment."

"Empty lines are either blank lines, line containing white-space only, or "
"lines with white-space followed by a \\&'#'\\& followed by an arbitrary "
"comment.\\&"