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+from Config import *
+
+# the dictionary is a bit limited
+addFilter("rubygem-asciidoctor\..*: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US toolchain")
+
+# the asciidoctor-safe command is removed upstream for the next major release
+addFilter("rubygem-asciidoctor\..*: W: no-manual-page-for-binary asciidoctor-safe")