From b0009d0216a09a3e0ffa34fdbf0185917c449483 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:51:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] cd2nroff: do not insist on quoted <> within backticks

Ref: #16118
Closes #16121
---
 scripts/cd2nroff | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/cd2nroff b/scripts/cd2nroff
index 86cae21379..01b2f1aca6 100755
--- a/scripts/cd2nroff
+++ b/scripts/cd2nroff
@@ -419,7 +419,12 @@ sub single {
         # *italics*
         $d =~ s/\*(\S.*?)\*/\\fI$1\\fP/g;
 
-        if($d =~ /[^\\][\<\>]/) {
+        my $back = $d;
+
+        # remove all backticked pieces
+        $back =~ s/\`(.*?)\`//g;
+
+        if($back =~ /[^\\][\<\>]/) {
             print STDERR "$f:$line:1:ERROR: un-escaped < or > used\n";
             $errors++;
         }
-- 
2.47.3