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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mdoc_validate.c,v
retrieving revision 1.374
retrieving revision 1.375
diff -u -p -r1.374 -r1.375
--- mandoc/mdoc_validate.c	2019/06/27 15:07:30	1.374
+++ mandoc/mdoc_validate.c	2019/09/13 19:26:46	1.375
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: mdoc_validate.c,v 1.374 2019/06/27 15:07:30 schwarze Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: mdoc_validate.c,v 1.375 2019/09/13 19:26:46 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008-2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
  * Copyright (c) 2010-2019 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -1186,11 +1186,17 @@ post_fname(POST_ARGS)
 	size_t			 pos;
 
 	n = mdoc->last->child;
-	pos = strcspn(n->string, "()");
-	cp = n->string + pos;
-	if ( ! (cp[0] == '\0' || (cp[0] == '(' && cp[1] == '*')))
-		mandoc_msg(MANDOCERR_FN_PAREN, n->line, n->pos + pos,
-		    "%s", n->string);
+	cp = n->string;
+	if (*cp == '(') {
+		if (cp[strlen(cp + 1)] == ')')
+			return;
+		pos = 0;
+	} else {
+		pos = strcspn(cp, "()");
+		if (cp[pos] == '\0')
+			return;
+	}
+	mandoc_msg(MANDOCERR_FN_PAREN, n->line, n->pos + pos, "%s", cp);
 }
 
 static void