Hello, I guess I found what the issue is. There is some comments in the file prolog. It's not handled by po4a yet. I'm working on implementing this, but in the meanwhile just remove them as workaround. -------------------------- --- ../cron-apt.sgml 2004-11-07 15:58:36.000000000 +0100 +++ cron-apt.sgml 2004-11-07 16:02:57.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,21 +1,8 @@ <!doctype refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V4.1//EN" [ -<!-- Process this file with docbook-to-man to generate an nroff manual - page: `docbook-to-man manpage.sgml > manpage.1'. You may view - the manual page with: `docbook-to-man manpage.sgml | nroff -man | - less'. A typical entry in a Makefile or Makefile.am is: - -manpage.8: manpage.sgml - docbook-to-man $< > $@ - --> - - <!-- Fill in your name for FIRSTNAME and SURNAME. --> <!ENTITY dhfirstname "<firstname>Ola</firstname>"> <!ENTITY dhsurname "<surname>Lundqvist</surname>"> - <!-- Please adjust the date whenever revising the manpage. --> <!ENTITY dhdate "<date>mars 5, 2002</date>"> - <!-- SECTION should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection other parameters are - allowed: see man(7), man(1). --> <!ENTITY dhsection "<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>"> <!ENTITY dhemail &quot;&lt;email&gt;opal(a)debian.org&lt;/email&gt;&quot;&gt; <!ENTITY dhusername "Ola Lundqvist"> -------------------------- Thanks for your interest in po4a. Bye, Mt.