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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mdoc_validate.c,v
retrieving revision 1.180
retrieving revision 1.181
diff -u -p -r1.180 -r1.181
--- mandoc/mdoc_validate.c	2011/12/02 01:37:14	1.180
+++ mandoc/mdoc_validate.c	2011/12/03 16:58:54	1.181
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: mdoc_validate.c,v 1.180 2011/12/02 01:37:14 schwarze Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: mdoc_validate.c,v 1.181 2011/12/03 16:58:54 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
  * Copyright (c) 2010, 2011 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -1826,6 +1826,7 @@ static int
 post_sh_head(POST_ARGS)
 {
 	char		 buf[BUFSIZ];
+	struct mdoc_node *n;
 	enum mdoc_sec	 sec;
 	int		 c;
 
@@ -1859,6 +1860,20 @@ post_sh_head(POST_ARGS)
 	/* Mark our last section. */
 
 	mdoc->lastsec = sec;
+
+	/*
+	 * Set the section attribute for the current HEAD, for its
+	 * parent BLOCK, and for the HEAD children; the latter can
+	 * only be TEXT nodes, so no recursion is needed.
+	 * For other blocks and elements, including .Sh BODY, this is
+	 * done when allocating the node data structures, but for .Sh
+	 * BLOCK and HEAD, the section is still unknown at that time.
+	 */
+
+	mdoc->last->parent->sec = sec;
+	mdoc->last->sec = sec;
+	for (n = mdoc->last->child; n; n = n->next)
+		n->sec = sec;
 
 	/* We don't care about custom sections after this. */