--- /dev/null
+--- docbook-utils-0.6.14.orig/helpers/docbook2man-spec.pl
++++ docbook-utils-0.6.14/helpers/docbook2man-spec.pl
+@@ -1199,8 +1199,8 @@
+ $_[0] =~ s/\\/\\\\/g;
+
+ # Escape dots and single quotes in column 1
+- $_[0] =~ s/^\./\\\&\./;
+- $_[0] =~ s/^\'/\\\&\'/;
++ $_[0] =~ s/^[ \t]*\./\\\&\./;
++ $_[0] =~ s/^[ \t]*\'/\\\&\'/;
+
+ # In non-'pre'-type elements:
+ if(!$nocollapse_whitespace) {
+--- docbook-utils-0.6.14.orig/helpers/docbook2texi-spec.pl
++++ docbook-utils-0.6.14/helpers/docbook2texi-spec.pl
+@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@
+ ## Print the URL
+ sgml('<ULINK>', sub {
+ if($skip_inline++) { return; } # hopefully doesn't happen
+- output '@uref{', output $_[0]->attribute('URL'), ', '
++ output '@uref{', $_[0]->attribute('URL')->value, ', '
+ });
+ sgml('</ULINK>', sub {
+ output '}' unless --$skip_inline;
+@@ -807,6 +807,7 @@
+ sgml('|[lt ]|', "<");
+ sgml('|[gt ]|', ">");
+ sgml('|[amp ]|', "&");
++sgml('|[ndash ]|', "-");
+
+ #
+ # Default handlers (uncomment these if needed). Right now, these are set
+