Follow-up Comment #6, bug #67612 (group groff):

On Wednesday, 22 October 2025 15:11:23 BST Dave wrote:
> Follow-up Comment #5, bug #67612 (group groff):
>
> Thanks, Deri, for the succinct how-we-got-here.  Might be worth checking
> whether any other messages also got misclassified in the overhaul; this is
> just one I happened across.
>
> I do notice an unexpected result from the test case of bug #67616:
>
> $ groff -Tpdf -P--pdfver=1.5 < /dev/null
> gropdf: warning: Only pdf versions 1.4 or 1.7 are supported, not '1.5'
> $ echo $?
> 0
>
> This is a case of "may fail to render as desired," since gropdf cannot give
> the user what they asked for.  However, that's with a null input, so maybe
> it's OK: the expected nonzero code comes up with even minimal input:
>
> $ echo 'Yo!' | groff -Tpdf -P--pdfver=1.5 > /dev/null
> gropdf: warning: Only pdf versions 1.4 or 1.7 are supported, not '1.5'
> $ echo $?
> 4
>
Yes, I agree, another one to demote to Notice. The pdf produced will perfectly

acceptable, but in 1.7 format. If the user requires the earlier format then
the job can be re-run using 1.4.




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