po: Regenerate .pot files and merge .po files with them

1 files changed, 229 insertions, 232 deletions

diff --git a/man/po/zh_CN.po b/man/po/zh_CN.po
index a11f93206..44b4e64f8 100644
--- a/man/po/zh_CN.po
+++ b/man/po/zh_CN.po
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ msgid ""
 "since dpkg 1.17.6), or compressed with gzip (with B<.gz> extension) or xz "
 "(with B<.xz> extension, supported since 1.17.6), as a series of plain files, "
 "of which the file B<control> is mandatory and contains the core control "
-"information. The control tarball may optionally contain an entry for ‘B<."
-">’, the current directory."
+"information. The control tarball may optionally contain an entry for \\(oqB<."
+">\\(cq, the current directory."
 msgstr ""
 
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@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ msgid ""
 "defined in the future, and (if possible) will be placed after these three. "
 "Any additional members that may need to be inserted after B<debian-binary> "
 "and before B<control.tar> or B<data.tar> and which should be safely ignored "
-"by older programs, will have names starting with an underscore, ‘B<_>"
-"’."
+"by older programs, will have names starting with an underscore, \\(oqB<_>"
+"\\(cq."
 msgstr ""
 
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@@ -365,13 +365,13 @@ msgstr ""
 #: deb822.man
 msgid ""
 "Each paragraph consists of a series of data fields.  Each field consists of "
-"the field name followed by a colon (U+003A ‘B<:>’), and then the "
+"the field name followed by a colon (U+003A \\(oqB<:>\\(cq), and then the "
 "data/value associated with that field.  The field name is composed of US-"
 "ASCII characters excluding control characters, space, and colon (i.e., "
-"characters in the ranges U+0021 ‘B<!>’ through U+0039 ‘B<9>"
-"’, and U+003B ‘B<;>’ through U+007E ‘B<~>’, inclusive).  "
-"Field names must not begin with the comment character (U+0023 ‘B<#>"
-"’), nor with the hyphen character (U+002D ‘B<->’)."
+"characters in the ranges U+0021 \\(oqB<!>\\(cq through U+0039 \\(oqB<9>"
+"\\(cq, and U+003B \\(oqB<;>\\(cq through U+007E \\(oqB<~>\\(cq, inclusive).  "
+"Field names must not begin with the comment character (U+0023 \\(oqB<#>"
+"\\(cq), nor with the hyphen character (U+002D \\(oqB<->\\(cq)."
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@@ -499,13 +499,13 @@ msgid ""
 "Paragraph separators (empty lines) and lines consisting only of U+0020 "
 "B<SPACE> and U+0009 B<TAB>, are not allowed within field values or between "
 "fields.  Empty lines in field values are usually escaped by representing "
-"them by a U+0020 B<SPACE> followed by a dot (U+002E ‘B<.>’)."
+"them by a U+0020 B<SPACE> followed by a dot (U+002E \\(oqB<.>\\(cq)."
 msgstr ""
 
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 msgid ""
-"Lines starting with U+0023 ‘B<#>’, without any preceding whitespace "
+"Lines starting with U+0023 \\(oqB<#>\\(cq, without any preceding whitespace "
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 "ignored, even between two continuation lines.  They do not end logical lines."
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #: deb-changelog.man
 msgid ""
 "The I<date> has the following format (compatible and with the same semantics "
-"of RFC2822 and RFC5322, or what «date -R» generates):"
+"of RFC2822 and RFC5322, or what \\(Fodate -R\\(Fc generates):"
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@@ -750,9 +750,9 @@ msgstr ""
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 msgid ""
-"Is the time zone offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).  ‘B<+>"
-"’ indicates that the time is ahead of (i.e., east of) UTC and ‘B<->"
-"’ indicates that the time is behind (i.e., west of) UTC.  The first two "
+"Is the time zone offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).  \\(oqB<+>"
+"\\(cq indicates that the time is ahead of (i.e., east of) UTC and \\(oqB<->"
+"\\(cq indicates that the time is behind (i.e., west of) UTC.  The first two "
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 "digits must be in the range B<00>-B<59>."
@@ -761,8 +761,8 @@ msgstr ""
 #. type: Plain text
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 msgid ""
-"The first “title” line with the package name must start at the left "
-"hand margin.  The “trailer” line with the maintainer and date "
+"The first \\(lqtitle\\(rq line with the package name must start at the left "
+"hand margin.  The \\(lqtrailer\\(rq line with the maintainer and date "
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 "the date must be separated by exactly two spaces."
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@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ msgstr ""
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-"Should be in the format “Joe Bloggs E<lt>jbloggs@example.orgE<gt>”, "
+"Should be in the format \\(lqJoe Bloggs E<lt>jbloggs@example.orgE<gt>\\(rq, "
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@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ msgstr ""
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-"Should be in the format “Joe Bloggs E<lt>jbloggs@example.orgE<gt>”, "
+"Should be in the format \\(lqJoe Bloggs E<lt>jbloggs@example.orgE<gt>\\(rq, "
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@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ msgstr ""
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-"space, a dash (‘B<->’) and their possibly truncated short "
+"space, a dash (\\(oqB<->\\(cq) and their possibly truncated short "
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@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ msgstr "B<--unpack >I<package-file>..."
 msgid ""
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-"lines are replaced with a single full stop (‘.’) and all lines are "
+"lines are replaced with a single full stop (\\(oq.\\(cq) and all lines are "
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@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ msgstr ""
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-"Should be in the format “Joe Bloggs E<lt>jbloggs@foo.comE<gt>”, and "
+"Should be in the format \\(lqJoe Bloggs E<lt>jbloggs@foo.comE<gt>\\(rq, and "
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@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ msgid ""
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-"a single ‘B<.>’ following the preceding space."
+"a single \\(oqB<.>\\(cq following the preceding space."
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@@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@ msgid ""
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@@ -1631,11 +1631,11 @@ msgstr ""
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+"appended after a colon \\(oqB<:>\\(cq, optionally followed by a version "
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@@ -1653,12 +1653,12 @@ msgstr ""
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-"A version number may start with a ‘B<E<gt>E<gt>>’, in which case any "
+"A version number may start with a \\(oqB<E<gt>E<gt>>\\(cq, in which case any "
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+"than, \\(oqB<E<gt>=>\\(cq for greater than or equal to, \\(oqB<E<lt>=>\\(cq "
+"for less than or equal to, and \\(oqB<=>\\(cq for equal to."
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@@ -1711,7 +1711,7 @@ msgstr ""
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@@ -1730,11 +1730,11 @@ msgid ""
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-"‘B<|>’ to separate the list."
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@@ -1761,7 +1761,7 @@ msgid ""
 "this binary package.  This is an indication to the archive maintenance "
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-"with strict ‘B<=>’ version relationships.  Note that the archive "
+"with strict \\(oqB<=>\\(cq version relationships.  Note that the archive "
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@@ -1903,7 +1903,7 @@ msgstr "deb-control"
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-"Each Debian source package contains the master «control» file, which "
+"Each Debian source package contains the master \\(Focontrol\\(Fc file, which "
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@@ -1914,7 +1914,7 @@ msgid ""
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-"after the space.  Lines starting with a ‘B<#>’ are treated as "
+"after the space.  Lines starting with a \\(oqB<#>\\(cq are treated as "
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@@ -1943,7 +1943,7 @@ msgstr ""
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-"Should be in the format «Joe Bloggs E<lt>jbloggs@foo.comE<gt>», and "
+"Should be in the format \\(FoJoe Bloggs E<lt>jbloggs@foo.comE<gt>\\(Fc, and "
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@@ -2160,11 +2160,11 @@ msgstr ""
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-"group is a list of packages separated by vertical bar (or “pipe”)  "
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@@ -2175,8 +2175,8 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid ""
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+"the comma is read as an \\(lqAND\\(rq.  Specifying alternative packages "
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@@ -2201,7 +2201,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid ""
 "An architecture specification consists of one or more architecture names, "
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-"names, meaning “NOT”."
+"names, meaning \\(lqNOT\\(rq."
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@@ -2210,7 +2210,7 @@ msgid ""
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+"can be prefixed with an exclamation mark, meaning \\(lqNOT\\(rq.  A "
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@@ -2550,7 +2550,7 @@ msgstr ""
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 #, no-wrap
-msgid "•"
+msgid "\\(bu"
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@@ -2588,7 +2588,7 @@ msgstr ""
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 msgid ""
 "The current part number, followed by a slash and the total amount of parts "
-"(as in ‘1/10’)."
+"(as in \\(oq1/10\\(cq)."
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@@ -2688,7 +2688,7 @@ msgstr ""
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-"number of the original (“upstream”)  package from which the I<.deb> "
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@@ -2706,7 +2706,7 @@ msgstr ""
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-"The I<upstream-version> may contain only alphanumerics (“A-Za-z0-9”) "
+"The I<upstream-version> may contain only alphanumerics (\\(lqA-Za-z0-9\\(rq) "
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@@ -2734,14 +2734,14 @@ msgid ""
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-"only one “debianisation” of it and therefore no revision indication "
+"only one \\(lqdebianisation\\(rq of it and therefore no revision indication "
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-"It is conventional to restart the I<debian-revision> at ‘1’ each "
+"It is conventional to restart the I<debian-revision> at \\(oq1\\(cq each "
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@@ -2782,8 +2782,8 @@ msgid ""
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@@ -2811,7 +2811,7 @@ msgid ""
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@@ -2895,7 +2895,7 @@ msgid ""
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@@ -2938,7 +2938,7 @@ msgstr ""
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@@ -2950,8 +2950,8 @@ msgstr ""
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@@ -3596,8 +3596,8 @@ msgstr ""
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@@ -3605,7 +3605,7 @@ msgstr ""
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@@ -3629,7 +3629,7 @@ msgstr ""
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-"It indicates the name of the “-dev” package associated to the "
+"It indicates the name of the \\(lq-dev\\(rq package associated to the "
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@@ -4153,7 +4153,7 @@ msgstr ""
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@@ -4182,7 +4182,7 @@ msgid ""
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@@ -4207,7 +4207,7 @@ msgstr ""
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-"The “-noawait” variants should always be favored when possible since "
+"The \\(lq-noawait\\(rq variants should always be favored when possible since "
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@@ -4218,18 +4218,18 @@ msgstr ""
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-"The “-noawait” variants are only supported since dpkg 1.16.1, and "
+"The \\(lq-noawait\\(rq variants are only supported since dpkg 1.16.1, and "
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+"add a \\(lqPre-Depends: dpkg (E<gt>= 1.16.1)\\(rq to any package that wish "
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-"The “-await” alias variants are only supported since dpkg 1.17.21, "
+"The \\(lq-await\\(rq alias variants are only supported since dpkg 1.17.21, "
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-"to add a “Pre-Depends: dpkg (E<gt>= 1.17.21)” to any package that "
+"to add a \\(lqPre-Depends: dpkg (E<gt>= 1.17.21)\\(rq to any package that "
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@@ -4476,7 +4476,7 @@ msgstr ""
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 msgid ""
 "The architecture restriction from the binary package B<Architecture> field, "
-"with spaces converted to ‘,’."
+"with spaces converted to \\(oq,\\(cq."
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 #. type: TP
@@ -4490,8 +4490,8 @@ msgstr "B<config-files>"
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 "The normalized build-profile restriction formula from the binary package "
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-"’."
+"B<Build-Profile> field, with ORs converted to \\(oq+\\(cq and ANDs to \\(oq,"
+"\\(cq."
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@@ -5204,8 +5204,8 @@ msgid ""
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-"I<Packages-file> argument is missing or named «B<->» then it will be "
+"distributed with Debian is simply named \\(FoI<Packages>\\(Fc. If the "
+"I<Packages-file> argument is missing or named \\(FoB<->\\(Fc then it will be "
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 msgstr ""
@@ -5302,9 +5302,9 @@ msgstr "B<--set-selections>"
 #| "beginning with '#' are also permitted."
 msgid ""
 "Set package selections using file read from stdin. This file should be in "
-"the format “I<package> I<state>”, where state is one of B<install>, "
+"the format \\(lqI<package> I<state>\\(rq, where state is one of B<install>, "
 "B<hold>, B<deinstall> or B<purge>. Blank lines and comment lines beginning "
-"with ‘B<#>’ are also permitted."
+"with \\(oqB<#>\\(cq are also permitted."
 msgstr ""
 "通过标准输入读取文件，以此设置软件包选择。读入的文件格式应该是“I<package> "
 "I<state>”，其中的“state”是 B<install>，B<hold>，B<deinstall>，B<purge> 四者之"
@@ -5443,7 +5443,7 @@ msgstr "B<--print-architecture>"
 #| "Print architecture of packages B<dpkg> installs (for example, \"i386\")."
 msgid ""
 "Print architecture of packages B<dpkg> installs (for example, "
-"“i386”)."
+"\\(lqi386\\(rq)."
 msgstr "打印 B<dpkg> 安装的软件包的体系结构（比如 \"i386\"）。"
 
 #. type: TP
@@ -5773,23 +5773,22 @@ msgstr "选项"
 #| msgid ""
 #| "All options can be specified both on the command line and in the B<dpkg> "
 #| "configuration file I<%PKGCONFDIR%/dpkg.cfg> or fragment files (with names "
-#| "matching this shell pattern '[0-9a-zA-Z_-]*') on the "
-#| "configuration directory I<%PKGCONFDIR%/dpkg.cfg.d/>. Each line in the "
-#| "configuration file is either an option (exactly the same as the command "
-#| "line option but without leading hyphens) or a comment (if it starts with "
-#| "a B<#>)."
+#| "matching this shell pattern '[0-9a-zA-Z_-]*') on the configuration "
+#| "directory I<%PKGCONFDIR%/dpkg.cfg.d/>. Each line in the configuration "
+#| "file is either an option (exactly the same as the command line option but "
+#| "without leading hyphens) or a comment (if it starts with a B<#>)."
 msgid ""
 "All options can be specified both on the command line and in the B<dpkg> "
 "configuration file I<%PKGCONFDIR%/dpkg.cfg> or fragment files (with names "
-"matching this shell pattern '[0-9a-zA-Z_-]*') on the configuration "
+"matching this shell pattern \\(aq[0-9a-zA-Z_-]*\\(aq) on the configuration "
 "directory I<%PKGCONFDIR%/dpkg.cfg.d/>. Each line in the configuration file "
 "is either an option (exactly the same as the command line option but without "
-"leading hyphens) or a comment (if it starts with a ‘B<#>’)."
+"leading hyphens) or a comment (if it starts with a \\(oqB<#>\\(cq)."
 msgstr ""
 "所有选项都可以在命令行中或者在 B<dpkg> 配置文件 I<%PKGCONFDIR%/dpkg.cfg> 中指"
 "定，在配置目录 I<%PKGCONFDIR%/dpkg.cfg.d/> 里的零碎文件中指定也可（零碎文件需"
-"要匹配 shell 模式 '[0-9a-zA-Z_-]*'）。配置文件中的每一行可以是选项"
-"（与命令行选项一致，但无需连字符）也可以是注释（以 B<#> 开头）。"
+"要匹配 shell 模式 '[0-9a-zA-Z_-]*'）。配置文件中的每一行可以是选项（与命令行"
+"选项一致，但无需连字符）也可以是注释（以 B<#> 开头）。"
 
 #. type: TP
 #: dpkg.man
@@ -5936,7 +5935,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #: dpkg.man
 #, fuzzy
 #| msgid "B<hold>: Process packages even when marked \"hold\"."
-msgid "B<hold>: Process packages even when marked “hold”."
+msgid "B<hold>: Process packages even when marked \\(lqhold\\(rq."
 msgstr "B<bold>: 连同标记了 “hold” 的软件包一并处理。"
 
 #. type: Plain text
@@ -6229,7 +6228,7 @@ msgstr "B<--admindir=>I<dir>"
 msgid ""
 "Change default administrative directory, which contains many files that give "
 "information about status of installed or uninstalled packages, etc.  "
-"(Defaults to «I<%ADMINDIR%>»)"
+"(Defaults to \\(FoI<%ADMINDIR%>\\(Fc)"
 msgstr ""
 "变更默认管理目录，这个目录包含着许多已安装和未安装软件包的状态记录文件等。"
 "（默认为 I<%ADMINDIR%>）"
@@ -6252,7 +6251,7 @@ msgid ""
 "Change default installation directory which refers to the directory where "
 "packages are to be installed. B<instdir> is also the directory passed to "
 "B<chroot>(2) before running package's installation scripts, which means that "
-"the scripts see B<instdir> as a root directory.  (Defaults to «I</>»)"
+"the scripts see B<instdir> as a root directory.  (Defaults to \\(FoI</>\\(Fc)"
 msgstr ""
 "变更默认的软件包安装目录。在执行软件包的安装脚本之前，目录 B<instdir> 同样会"
 "传递给 B<chroot>(2)，这意味着那些脚本会视 B<instdir> 为根目录。（默认为 I</"
@@ -6271,8 +6270,8 @@ msgstr "B<--root=>I<dir>"
 #| "Changing B<root> changes B<instdir> to I<dir> and B<admindir> to I<dir>B</"
 #| "var/lib/dpkg>."
 msgid ""
-"Changing B<root> changes B<instdir> to «I<dir>» and B<admindir> to "
-"«I<dir>B<%ADMINDIR%>»."
+"Changing B<root> changes B<instdir> to \\(FoI<dir>\\(Fc and B<admindir> to "
+"\\(FoI<dir>B<%ADMINDIR%>\\(Fc."
 msgstr ""
 "对 B<root> 的更改会将 B<instdir> 迁至 I<dir> 并把 B<admindir> 迁至 I<dir>B</"
 "var/lib/dpkg> 。"
@@ -6362,11 +6361,11 @@ msgstr ""
 #. type: Plain text
 #: dpkg.man
 msgid ""
-"The glob patterns use the same wildcards used in the shell, were ‘*’ "
+"The glob patterns use the same wildcards used in the shell, were \\(oq*\\(cq "
 "matches any sequence of characters, including the empty string and also "
-"‘/’.  For example, «I</usr/*/READ*>» matches «I</usr/"
-"share/doc/package/README>».  As usual, ‘?’ matches any single "
-"character (again, including ‘/’).  And ‘[’ starts a "
+"\\(oq/\\(cq.  For example, \\(FoI</usr/*/READ*>\\(Fc matches \\(FoI</usr/"
+"share/doc/package/README>\\(Fc.  As usual, \\(oq?\\(cq matches any single "
+"character (again, including \\(oq/\\(cq).  And \\(oq[\\(cq starts a "
 "character class, which can contain a list of characters, ranges and "
 "complementations. See B<glob>(7) for detailed information about globbing. "
 "Note: the current implementation might re-include more directories and "
@@ -6437,13 +6436,13 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid ""
 "The only currently supported output format is B<rpm>, which consists of a "
 "line for every path that failed any check.  The lines start with 9 "
-"characters to report each specific check result, a ‘B<?>’ implies "
+"characters to report each specific check result, a \\(oqB<?>\\(cq implies "
 "the check could not be done (lack of support, file permissions, etc), "
-"‘B<.>’ implies the check passed, and an alphanumeric character "
+"\\(oqB<.>\\(cq implies the check passed, and an alphanumeric character "
 "implies a specific check failed; the md5sum verification failure (the file "
-"contents have changed) is denoted with a ‘B<5>’ on the third "
+"contents have changed) is denoted with a \\(oqB<5>\\(cq on the third "
 "character.  The line is followed by a space and an attribute character "
-"(currently ‘B<c>’ for conffiles), another space and the pathname."
+"(currently \\(oqB<c>\\(cq for conffiles), another space and the pathname."
 msgstr ""
 
 #. type: TP
@@ -6946,8 +6945,8 @@ msgstr ""
 #. type: Plain text
 #: dpkg.man
 msgid ""
-"Defined by B<dpkg> on the maintainer script environment to a value (‘B<0>"
-"’ or ‘B<1>’) noting whether debugging has been requested (with "
+"Defined by B<dpkg> on the maintainer script environment to a value (\\(oqB<0>"
+"\\(cq or \\(oqB<1>\\(cq) noting whether debugging has been requested (with "
 "the B<--debug> option) for the maintainer scripts (since dpkg 1.18.4)."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -7061,7 +7060,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #. type: Plain text
 #: dpkg.man
 #, no-wrap
-msgid "     B<dpkg -l '*vi*'>\n"
+msgid "     B<dpkg -l \\(aq*vi*\\(aq>\n"
 msgstr ""
 
 #. type: Plain text
@@ -8150,7 +8149,7 @@ msgid ""
 "option which is exactly the same as a normal command line option for dpkg "
 "except for the leading hyphens which are not used here. Quotes surrounding "
 "option values are stripped. Comments are allowed by starting a line with a "
-"hash sign (‘B<#>’)."
+"hash sign (\\(oqB<#>\\(cq)."
 msgstr ""
 
 #. type: Plain text
@@ -8312,7 +8311,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid ""
 "Print to standard output all compilation flags and their values. It prints "
 "one flag per line separated from its value by an equal sign "
-"(“I<flag>=I<value>”). This is the default action."
+"(\\(lqI<flag>=I<value>\\(rq). This is the default action."
 msgstr ""
 
 #. type: TP
@@ -8665,8 +8664,8 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid ""
 "Each area feature can be enabled and disabled in the B<DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS> "
 "and B<DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS> environment variable's area value with the "
-"‘B<+>’ and ‘B<->’ modifier.  For example, to enable the "
-"B<hardening> “pie” feature and disable the “fortify” feature "
+"\\(oqB<+>\\(cq and \\(oqB<->\\(cq modifier.  For example, to enable the "
+"B<hardening> \\(lqpie\\(rq feature and disable the \\(lqfortify\\(rq feature "
 "you can do this in B<debian/rules>:"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -8681,8 +8680,8 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid ""
 "The special feature B<all> (valid in any area) can be used to enable or "
 "disable all area features at the same time.  Thus disabling everything in "
-"the B<hardening> area and enabling only “format” and “fortify"
-"” can be achieved with:"
+"the B<hardening> area and enabling only \\(lqformat\\(rq and \\(lqfortify"
+"\\(rq can be achieved with:"
 msgstr ""
 
 #. type: Plain text
@@ -8839,8 +8838,8 @@ msgid ""
 "warns about calls to B<printf> and B<scanf> functions where the format "
 "string is not a string literal and there are no format arguments, as in "
 "B<printf(foo);> instead of B<printf(\"%s\", foo);> This may be a security "
-"hole if the format string came from untrusted input and contains ‘%n"
-"’."
+"hole if the format string came from untrusted input and contains \\(oq%n"
+"\\(cq."
 msgstr ""
 
 #. type: TP
@@ -8857,7 +8856,7 @@ msgid ""
 "information about buffer sizes (where possible), and attempts to replace "
 "insecure unlimited length buffer function calls with length-limited ones. "
 "This is especially useful for old, crufty code.  Additionally, format "
-"strings in writable memory that contain ‘%n’ are blocked. If an "
+"strings in writable memory that contain \\(oq%n\\(cq are blocked. If an "
 "application depends on such a format string, it will need to be worked "
 "around."
 msgstr ""
@@ -9580,22 +9579,21 @@ msgstr ""
 #| msgid ""
 #| "All options can be specified both on the command line and in the B<dpkg> "
 #| "configuration file I<%PKGCONFDIR%/dpkg.cfg> or fragment files (with names "
-#| "matching this shell pattern '[0-9a-zA-Z_-]*') on the "
-#| "configuration directory I<%PKGCONFDIR%/dpkg.cfg.d/>. Each line in the "
-#| "configuration file is either an option (exactly the same as the command "
-#| "line option but without leading hyphens) or a comment (if it starts with "
-#| "a B<#>)."
+#| "matching this shell pattern '[0-9a-zA-Z_-]*') on the configuration "
+#| "directory I<%PKGCONFDIR%/dpkg.cfg.d/>. Each line in the configuration "
+#| "file is either an option (exactly the same as the command line option but "
+#| "without leading hyphens) or a comment (if it starts with a B<#>)."
 msgid ""
 "All long options can be specified both on the command line and in the B<dpkg-"
 "buildpackage> system and user configuration files.  Each line in the "
 "configuration file is either an option (exactly the same as the command line "
 "option but without leading hyphens) or a comment (if it starts with a "
-"‘B<#>’)."
+"\\(oqB<#>\\(cq)."
 msgstr ""
 "所有选项都可以在命令行中或者在 B<dpkg> 配置文件 I<%PKGCONFDIR%/dpkg.cfg> 中指"
 "定，在配置目录 I<%PKGCONFDIR%/dpkg.cfg.d/> 里的零碎文件中指定也可（零碎文件需"
-"要匹配 shell 模式 '[0-9a-zA-Z_-]*'）。配置文件中的每一行可以是选项"
-"（与命令行选项一致，但无需连字符）也可以是注释（以 B<#> 开头）。"
+"要匹配 shell 模式 '[0-9a-zA-Z_-]*'）。配置文件中的每一行可以是选项（与命令行"
+"选项一致，但无需连字符）也可以是注释（以 B<#> 开头）。"
 
 #. type: TP
 #: dpkg-buildpackage.man dpkg-genchanges.man
@@ -10788,7 +10786,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid ""
 "For most commands taking an input archive argument, the archive can be read "
 "from standard input if the archive name is given as a single minus character "
-"(«B<->»); otherwise lack of support will be documented in their "
+"(\\(FoB<->\\(Fc); otherwise lack of support will be documented in their "
 "respective command description."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -10992,7 +10990,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #: dpkg-deb.man
 msgid ""
 "The input archive is not (currently) processed sequentially, so reading it "
-"from standard input («B<->») is B<not> supported."
+"from standard input (\\(FoB<->\\(Fc) is B<not> supported."
 msgstr ""
 
 #. type: TP
@@ -11061,8 +11059,8 @@ msgstr ""
 #. type: Plain text
 #: dpkg-deb.man
 msgid ""
-"The string may reference any status field using the “${I<field-"
-"name>}” form, a list of the valid fields can be easily produced using B<-"
+"The string may reference any status field using the \\(lq${I<field-"
+"name>}\\(rq form, a list of the valid fields can be easily produced using B<-"
 "I> on the same package. A complete explanation of the formatting options "
 "(including escape sequences and field tabbing) can be found in the "
 "explanation of the B<--showformat> option in B<dpkg-query>(1)."
@@ -11070,7 +11068,7 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #. type: Plain text
 #: dpkg-deb.man
-msgid "The default for this field is “${Package}\\et${Version}\\en”."
+msgid "The default for this field is \\(lq${Package}\\et${Version}\\en\\(rq."
 msgstr ""
 
 #. type: TP
@@ -11273,7 +11271,7 @@ msgid ""
 "through the Debian package scripts to move a file away when it causes a "
 "conflict. System administrators can also use it to override some package's "
 "configuration file, or whenever some files (which aren't marked as "
-"“conffiles”) need to be preserved by B<dpkg>, when installing a "
+"\\(lqconffiles\\(rq) need to be preserved by B<dpkg>, when installing a "
 "newer version of a package which contains those files."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -12091,7 +12089,7 @@ msgid ""
 "so that backports with a lower version number but the same upstream version "
 "still satisfy the generated dependencies.  If the Debian revision can't be "
 "dropped because the symbol really got added by the Debian specific change, "
-"then one should suffix the version with ‘B<~>’."
+"then one should suffix the version with \\(oqB<~>\\(cq."
 msgstr ""
 
 #. type: Plain text
@@ -12105,10 +12103,10 @@ msgstr ""
 #. type: Plain text
 #: dpkg-gensymbols.man
 msgid ""
-"Note that you can put comments in symbols files: any line with ‘#’ "
-"as the first character is a comment except if it starts with ‘#include"
-"’ (see section B<Using includes>).  Lines starting with ‘#MISSING:"
-"’ are special comments documenting symbols that have disappeared."
+"Note that you can put comments in symbols files: any line with \\(oq#\\(cq "
+"as the first character is a comment except if it starts with \\(oq#include"
+"\\(cq (see section B<Using includes>).  Lines starting with \\(oq#MISSING:"
+"\\(cq are special comments documenting symbols that have disappeared."
 msgstr ""
 
 #. type: Plain text
@@ -12226,7 +12224,7 @@ msgid ""
 "that such a symbol needs to be removed from the symbol file or readded to "
 "the library. When the optional symbol, which was previously declared as "
 "MISSING, suddenly reappears in the next revision, it will be upgraded back "
-"to the “existing” status with its minimum version unchanged."
+"to the \\(lqexisting\\(rq status with its minimum version unchanged."
 msgstr ""
 
 #. type: Plain text
@@ -13044,7 +13042,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #. type: Plain text
 #: dpkg-maintscript-helper.man
 msgid ""
-"The package name. When the package is “Multi-Arch: same” this "
+"The package name. When the package is \\(lqMulti-Arch: same\\(rq this "
 "parameter must include the architecture qualifier, otherwise it should "
 "B<not> usually include the architecture qualifier (as it would disallow "
 "cross-grades, or switching from being architecture specific to architecture "
@@ -13404,8 +13402,8 @@ msgid ""
 "version number after the last tilde is dropped so that 1.0-1~exp1 and "
 "1.0-1~exp5 are considered to be the same entry. When the same version is "
 "available in both I<new-a> and I<new-b>, a standard line-based 3-way merge "
-"is attempted (provided that the module Algorithm::Merge is available — "
-"it's part of the package libalgorithm-merge-perl — otherwise you get a "
+"is attempted (provided that the module Algorithm::Merge is available \\[em] "
+"it's part of the package libalgorithm-merge-perl \\[em] otherwise you get a "
 "global conflict on the content of the entry)."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -13558,11 +13556,11 @@ msgid ""
 "Files will be moved into a subdirectory. If the directory given as argument "
 "exists the files will be moved into that directory otherwise the name of the "
 "target directory is extracted from the section field in the control part of "
-"the package. The target directory will be «unstable/binary-"
-"I<architecture>/I<section>».  If the section is not found in the "
+"the package. The target directory will be \\(Founstable/binary-"
+"I<architecture>/I<section>\\(Fc.  If the section is not found in the "
 "control, then B<no-section> is assumed, and in this case, as well as for "
-"sections B<non-free> and B<contrib> the target directory is «I<section>/"
-"binary-I<architecture>».  The section field is not required so a lot of "
+"sections B<non-free> and B<contrib> the target directory is \\(FoI<section>/"
+"binary-I<architecture>\\(Fc.  The section field is not required so a lot of "
 "packages will find their way to the B<no-section> area.  Use this option "
 "with care, it's messy."
 msgstr ""
@@ -13613,7 +13611,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #. type: TP
 #: dpkg-name.man
 #, no-wrap
-msgid "B<find /root/debian/ -name '*.deb' | xargs -n 1 dpkg-name -a>"
+msgid "B<find /root/debian/ -name \\(aq*.deb\\(aq | xargs -n 1 dpkg-name -a>"
 msgstr ""
 
 #. type: Plain text
@@ -13627,7 +13625,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #. type: TP
 #: dpkg-name.man
 #, no-wrap
-msgid "B<find -name '*.deb' | xargs -n 1 dpkg-name -a -o -s -c>"
+msgid "B<find -name \\(aq*.deb\\(aq | xargs -n 1 dpkg-name -a -o -s -c>"
 msgstr ""
 
 #. type: Plain text
@@ -13689,7 +13687,7 @@ msgstr "B<--unpack >I<package-file>..."
 #. type: Plain text
 #: dpkg-parsechangelog.man
 msgid ""
-"Specifies the changelog file to read information from.  A ‘-’ can be "
+"Specifies the changelog file to read information from.  A \\(oq-\\(cq can be "
 "used to specify reading from standard input.  The default is B<debian/"
 "changelog>."
 msgstr ""
@@ -13758,7 +13756,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #. type: Plain text
 #: dpkg-parsechangelog.man
 msgid ""
-"Set the changelog filename to parse.  Default is ‘-’ (standard "
+"Set the changelog filename to parse.  Default is \\(oq-\\(cq (standard "
 "input)."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -14023,7 +14021,7 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid ""
 "In order to have B<dpkg-parsechangelog> run the new parser, a line must be "
 "included within the last 40 lines of the changelog file, matching the Perl "
-"regular expression: “B<\\eschangelog-format:\\es+([0-9a-z]+)\\eW>”.  "
+"regular expression: \\(lqB<\\eschangelog-format:\\es+([0-9a-z]+)\\eW>\\(rq.  "
 "The part in parentheses should be the name of the format. For example:"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -14163,7 +14161,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #. type: Plain text
 #: dpkg-query.man
 #, no-wrap
-msgid "  B<dpkg-query -l 'libc6*'>\n"
+msgid "  B<dpkg-query -l \\(aqlibc6*\\(aq>\n"
 msgstr ""
 
 #. type: Plain text
@@ -14357,11 +14355,11 @@ msgstr ""
 #: dpkg-query.man
 msgid ""
 "If the first character in the I<filename-search-pattern> is none of "
-"‘B<*[?/>’ then it will be considered a substring match and will be "
-"implicitly surrounded by ‘B<*>’ (as in B<*>I<filename-search-"
-"pattern>B<*>).  If the subsequent string contains any of ‘B<*[?\\e>"
-"’, then it will handled like a glob pattern, otherwise any trailing "
-"‘B</>’ or ‘B</.>’ will be removed and a literal path lookup "
+"\\(oqB<*[?/>\\(cq then it will be considered a substring match and will be "
+"implicitly surrounded by \\(oqB<*>\\(cq (as in B<*>I<filename-search-"
+"pattern>B<*>).  If the subsequent string contains any of \\(oqB<*[?\\e>"
+"\\(cq, then it will handled like a glob pattern, otherwise any trailing "
+"\\(oqB</>\\(cq or \\(oqB</.>\\(cq will be removed and a literal path lookup "
 "will be performed."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -14424,7 +14422,7 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #. type: Plain text
 #: dpkg-query.man
-msgid "In the format string, “B<\\e>” introduces escapes:"
+msgid "In the format string, \\(lqB<\\e>\\(rq introduces escapes:"
 msgstr ""
 
 #. type: Plain text
@@ -14439,16 +14437,16 @@ msgstr ""
 #. type: Plain text
 #: dpkg-query.man
 msgid ""
-"“B<\\e>” before any other character suppresses any special meaning "
-"of the following character, which is useful for “B<\\e>” and “B<"
-"$>”."
+"\\(lqB<\\e>\\(rq before any other character suppresses any special meaning "
+"of the following character, which is useful for \\(lqB<\\e>\\(rq and \\(lqB<"
+"$>\\(rq."
 msgstr ""
 
 #. type: Plain text
 #: dpkg-query.man
 msgid ""
 "Package information can be included by inserting variable references to "
-"package fields using the syntax “B<${>I<field>[B<;>I<width>]B<}>”. "
+"package fields using the syntax \\(lqB<${>I<field>[B<;>I<width>]B<}>\\(rq. "
 "Fields are printed right-aligned unless the width is negative in which case "
 "left alignment will be used. The following I<field>s are recognized but they "
 "are not necessarily available in the status file (only internal fields or "
@@ -14512,7 +14510,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #: dpkg-query.man
 msgid ""
 "It contains the binary package name with a possible architecture qualifier "
-"like “libc6:amd64” (since dpkg 1.16.2).  An architecture qualifier "
+"like \\(lqlibc6:amd64\\(rq (since dpkg 1.16.2).  An architecture qualifier "
 "will be present to make the package name unambiguous, for example if the "
 "package has a B<Multi-Arch> field with a value of B<same> or the package is "
 "of a foreign architecture."
@@ -14539,7 +14537,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #: dpkg-query.man
 msgid ""
 "It contains the abbreviated package status (as three characters), such as "
-"“ii ” or “iHR” (since dpkg 1.16.2).  See the B<--list> "
+"\\(lqii \\(rq or \\(lqiHR\\(rq (since dpkg 1.16.2).  See the B<--list> "
 "command description for more details."
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -14605,8 +14603,8 @@ msgstr ""
 #. type: Plain text
 #: dpkg-query.man
 msgid ""
-"The default format string is “B<${binary:Package}\\et${Version}\\en>"
-"”.  Actually, all other fields found in the status file (i.e. user "
+"The default format string is \\(lqB<${binary:Package}\\et${Version}\\en>"
+"\\(rq.  Actually, all other fields found in the status file (i.e. user "
 "defined fields) can be requested, too. They will be printed as-is, though, "
 "no conversion nor error checking is done on them. To get the name of the "
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