Thanks for the quick response. Only afterwards I realized that the relative
symlink technique also needs to be applied to the remaining symlinks, i.e.
not only for manpages but also for programs such as makewhatis:

https://anonscm.debian.org/git/collab-maint/mdocml.git/commit/?id=1f60c369afdf849168b7f11c0a5188f16be2817c

On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 1:07 AM, Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@usta.de> wrote:

> Hi Michael,
>
> Michael Stapelberg wrote on Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 10:12:33PM +0100:
>
> > using LN="ln -sf" results in an absolute symlink for the whatis.1
> > manpage, which we need to then change into a relative one to prevent our
> > tooling from choking on them:
> > https://anonscm.debian.org/git/collab-maint/mdocml.git/commit/?id=
> 86403b72b1c47780cc626e046d65db04d2e3b622
>
> That was easy to change.  1.14.2 (release not yet planned)
> and 1.13.5 (to be released soon) will do it the way you want,
> see below.
>
> > The following lintian warning indicates a spelling error:
> >   I: mandoc: spelling-error-in-manpage usr/share/man/man7/mandoc_
> roff.7.gz
> > parantheses parentheses
>
> Fixed in OpenBSD and bsd.lv HEAD and VERSION_1_13.
>
> Thanks for reporting!
>   Ingo
>
>
> Log Message:
> -----------
> Debian wants relative, not absolute symlinks for man pages;
> suggested by Michael Stapelberg
>
> Modified Files:
> --------------
>     mdocml:
>         Makefile
>
> Revision Data
> -------------
> Index: Makefile
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/cvs/mdocml/mdocml/Makefile,v
> retrieving revision 1.504
> retrieving revision 1.505
> diff -LMakefile -LMakefile -u -p -r1.504 -r1.505
> --- Makefile
> +++ Makefile
> @@ -397,8 +397,7 @@ base-install: mandoc demandoc soelim
>         $(INSTALL_MAN) soelim.1 $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1/$(BINM_SOELIM).1
>         $(INSTALL_MAN) man.1 $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1/$(BINM_MAN).1
>         $(INSTALL_MAN) apropos.1 $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1/$(
> BINM_APROPOS).1
> -       $(LN) $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1/$(BINM_APROPOS).1 \
> -               $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1/$(BINM_WHATIS).1
> +       cd $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1 && $(LN) $(BINM_APROPOS).1
> $(BINM_WHATIS).1
>         $(INSTALL_MAN) man.conf.5 $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man5/$(
> MANM_MANCONF).5
>         $(INSTALL_MAN) mandoc.db.5 $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man5
>         $(INSTALL_MAN) man.7 $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man7/$(MANM_MAN).7
>
>
> Log Message:
> -----------
> fix spelling error;
> found by Michael <Stapelberg at debian dot org> with Lintian
>
> Modified Files:
> --------------
>     mdocml:
>         roff.7
>
> Revision Data
> -------------
> Index: roff.7
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/cvs/mdocml/mdocml/roff.7,v
> retrieving revision 1.75
> retrieving revision 1.76
> diff -Lroff.7 -Lroff.7 -u -p -r1.75 -r1.76
> --- roff.7
> +++ roff.7
> @@ -1780,7 +1780,7 @@ maximum (not available in C)
>  .El
>  .Pp
>  There is no concept of precedence; evaluation proceeds from left to right,
> -except when subexpressions are enclosed in parantheses.
> +except when subexpressions are enclosed in parentheses.
>  Inside parentheses, whitespace is ignored.
>  .Sh ESCAPE SEQUENCE REFERENCE
>  The
>



-- 
Best regards,
Michael