Follow-up Comment #3, bug #68566 (group groff): This solves the problem for users of a git checkout. But it is not sufficient for users of a tarball, who want to make and test a small modification of the manual.
How to reproduce:
1. Run "make distcheck".
2. Unpack the tarball.
3. Modify doc/groff.texi.in.
4. ./configure && make
produces
GEN doc/groff.dvi
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.28 (TeX Live 2025/Debian)
(preloaded format=etex)
restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(../../../../../doc/groff.dvi.t2d/doc!groff.t2d/dvi/src/groff.texi
(/media/develdata/www-archive/source/newest/groff-git/groff/groff-1.25.0.rc2.38
-5626d/build-aux/texinfo.tex Loading texinfo [version 2026-07-23.18]: pdf,
fonts, glyphs, page headings, tables, conditionals, indexing, sectioning,
toc,
environments, defuns, macros, cross references, insertions, localization,
formatting, microtype, and turning on texinfo input format.)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/texinfo/txi-en.tex)
Writing index file groff.cp
[1] [2] [-1] [-2] Chapter 1 [1] [2] [3]
Cross reference values unknown; you must run TeX again.
Writing index file groff.fn
[4] Chapter 2 [5] [6]
Writing index file groff.pg
[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] Chapter 3 [17] [18] [19]
[20] [21] [22] [23] Chapter 4 [24]
Writing index file groff.ma
[25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31]
Writing index file groff.rq
Writing index file groff.vr
[32]
Writing index file groff.st
[33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47]
[48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62]
[63] [64] [65] Chapter 5 [66] [67] [68] [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75]
[76] [77]
Overfull \vbox (5.81247pt too high) has occurred while \output is active
[78] [79] [80] [81]
Writing index file groff.op
[82] [83] [84]
Writing index file groff.es
[85] [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] [91] [92] [93] [94] [95] [96] [97] [98] [99]
[100] [101] [102] [103] [104] [105] [106] [107] [108] [109] [110] [111]
[112] [113] [114] [115] [116] [117] [118] [119] [120] [121] [122] [123]
[124] [125] [126] [127] [128] [129] [130]
../../../../../doc/groff.dvi.t2d/doc!groff.t2d/dvi/src/groff.texi:13181:
epsf.t
ex not found, images will be ignored.
@@image:impl ...not found, images will be ignored}
@global @warnednoepsftrue
...
<argument> ...ayout,4in,,line layout diagram,.png}
@unskip @hfil
@centersub ...enalty @fi @line {@kern @leftskip #1
@kern @rightskip }
@\center ...{@hfil @ignorespaces #1@unskip @hfil }
@let @centersub @relax
l.13181 ...e-layout,4in,,line layout diagram,.png}
?
../../../../../doc/groff.dvi.t2d/doc!groff.t2d/dvi/src/groff.texi:13181:
Emerge
ncy stop.
@@image:impl ...not found, images will be ignored}
@global @warnednoepsftrue
...
<argument> ...ayout,4in,,line layout diagram,.png}
@unskip @hfil
@centersub ...enalty @fi @line {@kern @leftskip #1
@kern @rightskip }
@\center ...{@hfil @ignorespaces #1@unskip @hfil }
@let @centersub @relax
l.13181 ...e-layout,4in,,line layout diagram,.png}
Output written on groff.dvi (134 pages, 379700 bytes).
Transcript written on groff.log.
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.28 (TeX Live 2025/Debian)
(preloaded format=etex)
restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(../../../../../doc/groff.dvi.t2d/doc!groff.t2d/dvi/src/groff.texi
(/media/develdata/www-archive/source/newest/groff-git/groff/groff-1.25.0.rc2.38
-5626d/build-aux/texinfo.tex Loading texinfo [version 2026-07-23.18]: pdf,
fonts, glyphs, page headings, tables, conditionals, indexing, sectioning,
toc,
environments, defuns, macros, cross references, insertions, localization,
formatting, microtype, and turning on texinfo input format.)
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/texinfo/txi-en.tex)
Writing index file groff.cp
[1] [2] (./groff.aux) (./groff.toc) (./groff.toc [-1] [-2]) [-3] [-4]
Chapter 1 [1] [2] [3]
Writing index file groff.fn
[4] l.963: Undefined cross reference `Line Layout-pg'. Chapter 2 [5] [6]
Writing index file groff.pg
[7] l.1187: Undefined cross reference `Implementation Differences-pg'.
l.1204: Undefined cross reference `Strings-pg'.
l.1229: Undefined cross reference `Font Families-pg'. [8]
l.1315: Undefined cross reference `Device and Font Description Files-pg'.
[9] [10] [11]
l.1638: Undefined cross reference `Device and Font Description Files-pg'.
[12] l.1702: Undefined cross reference `Warnings-pg'.
l.1722: Undefined cross reference `GNU @command {troff} Output-pg'. [13]
l.1876: Undefined cross reference `Host System Service Access-pg'. [14]
l.1965: Undefined cross reference `Device and Font Description Files-pg'.
[15] [16] Chapter 3 [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
l.2572: Undefined cross reference `Page Layout-pg'.
l.2586: Undefined cross reference `Line Layout-pg'. [22] [23]
l.2705: Undefined cross reference `Italic Corrections-pg'. Chapter 4 [24]
Writing index file groff.ma
[25] [26] [27] [28] [29] l.3358: Undefined cross reference `Request
Index-pg'.
l.3358: Undefined cross reference `Escape Sequence Index-pg'. [30] [31]
Writing index file groff.rq
Writing index file groff.vr
[32]
Writing index file groff.st
[33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45]
l.4682: Undefined cross reference `Line Continuation-pg'. [46] [47] [48]
[49] l.5019: Undefined cross reference `Page Control-pg'. [50] [51] [52]
[53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64]
l.6548: Undefined cross reference `Register Index-pg'.
l.6549: Undefined cross reference `Macro Index-pg'.
l.6551: Undefined cross reference `String Index-pg'. [65] Chapter 5 [66]
l.6717: Undefined cross reference `Device and Font Description Files-pg'.
[67] [68] l.6945: Undefined cross reference `Characters and Glyphs-pg'.
[69] l.7047: Undefined cross reference `Blank Line Traps-pg'.
l.7058: Undefined cross reference `Leading Space Traps-pg'. [70]
l.7146: Undefined cross reference `Page Motions-pg'.
l.7190: Undefined cross reference `Line Continuation-pg'. [71]
l.7238: Undefined cross reference `Writing Macros-pg'. [72] [73]
l.7366: Undefined cross reference `Strings-pg'.
l.7384: Undefined cross reference `Copy Mode-pg'.
l.7392: Undefined cross reference `Conditionals and Loops-pg'.
l.7459: Undefined cross reference `Warnings-pg'.
l.7490: Undefined cross reference `Operators in Conditionals-pg'.
l.7499: Undefined cross reference `Implementation Differences-pg'. [74]
[75] l.7655: Undefined cross reference `Font Mounting Positions-pg'. [76]
[77]
Overfull \vbox (5.81247pt too high) has occurred while \output is active
[78] l.7845: Undefined cross reference `Line Layout-pg'.
l.7848: Undefined cross reference `Page Layout-pg'.
l.7865: Undefined cross reference `DESC File Format-pg'.
l.7923: Undefined cross reference `Line Layout-pg'.
l.7925: Undefined cross reference `Manipulating Type Size and Vertical
Spacing-
pg'. [79] l.7958: Undefined cross reference `Traps-pg'.
l.8069: Undefined cross reference `Using Fractional Type Sizes-pg'.
l.8083: Undefined cross reference `Using Fractional Type Sizes-pg'.
l.8088: Undefined cross reference `Colors-pg'. [80]
l.8180: Undefined cross reference `Drawing Geometric Objects-pg'. [81]
l.8281: Undefined cross reference `Warnings-pg'.
Writing index file groff.op
[82] l.8454: Undefined cross reference `Conditionals and Loops-pg'. [83]
l.8478: Undefined cross reference `Warnings-pg'.
l.8484: Undefined cross reference `Conditionals and Loops-pg'. [84]
l.8611: Undefined cross reference `Conditionals and Loops-pg'.
l.8619: Undefined cross reference `Diversions-pg'.
l.8634: Undefined cross reference `Page Motions-pg'.
Writing index file groff.es
[85] l.8657: Undefined cross reference `Conditionals and Loops-pg'.
l.8680: Undefined cross reference `Conditionals and Loops-pg'. [86] [87]
l.8912: Undefined cross reference `Warnings-pg'.
l.8920: Undefined cross reference `Warnings-pg'. [88]
l.9036: Undefined cross reference `Conditionals and Loops-pg'.
l.9074: Undefined cross reference `Environments-pg'.
l.9086: Undefined cross reference `Environments-pg'. [89]
l.9106: Undefined cross reference `Strings-pg'.
l.9148: Undefined cross reference `Strings-pg'.
l.9161: Undefined cross reference `Warnings-pg'.
l.9188: Undefined cross reference `Page Layout-pg'.
l.9193: Undefined cross reference `Strings-pg'. [90]
l.9230: Undefined cross reference `Blank Line Traps-pg'. [91]
l.9273: Undefined cross reference `Warnings-pg'.
l.9279: Undefined cross reference `Writing Macros-pg'.
l.9315: Undefined cross reference `Other Differences-pg'.
l.9345: Undefined cross reference `Device and Font Description Files-pg'.
l.9354: Undefined cross reference `Copy Mode-pg'. [92]
l.9409: Undefined cross reference `Compatibility Mode-pg'. [93]
l.9484: Undefined cross reference `Warnings-pg'.
l.9487: Undefined cross reference `Copy Mode-pg'.
l.9524: Undefined cross reference `Strings-pg'.
l.9540: Undefined cross reference `Copy Mode-pg'.
l.9553: Undefined cross reference `Copy Mode-pg'. [94]
l.9579: Undefined cross reference `Writing Macros-pg'. [95]
l.9767: Undefined cross reference `Page Layout-pg'.
l.9774: Undefined cross reference `Operators in Conditionals-pg'.
l.9853: Undefined cross reference `Implementation Differences-pg'. [96]
l.9899: Undefined cross reference `Copy Mode-pg'.
l.9903: Undefined cross reference `Copy Mode-pg'. [97]
l.9969: Undefined cross reference `Copy Mode-pg'.
l.9980: Undefined cross reference `Copy Mode-pg'.
l.10012: Undefined cross reference `Conditional Blocks-pg'. [98] [99]
l.10171: Undefined cross reference `GNU @command {troff} Internals-pg'.
l.10174: Undefined cross reference `Page Motions-pg'. [100]
l.10341: Undefined cross reference `Warnings-pg'.
l.10365: Undefined cross reference `Warnings-pg'. [101]
l.10416: Undefined cross reference `Warnings-pg'.
l.10420: Undefined cross reference `Copy Mode-pg'. [102] [103]
l.10704: Undefined cross reference `Copy Mode-pg'. [104]
l.10760: Undefined cross reference `Register Index-pg'. [105] [106]
l.10941: Undefined cross reference `End-of-input Traps-pg'.
l.11007: Undefined cross reference `Environments-pg'.
l.11007: Undefined cross reference `Line Continuation-pg'. [107]
l.11021: Undefined cross reference `Line Layout-pg'.
l.11024: Undefined cross reference `Environments-pg'.
l.11025: Undefined cross reference `Line Continuation-pg'.
l.11087: Undefined cross reference `Environments-pg'. [108]
l.11142: Undefined cross reference `Environments-pg'. [109]
l.11270: Undefined cross reference `Debugging-pg'.
l.11275: Undefined cross reference `Line Continuation-pg'. [110]
l.11325: Undefined cross reference `Environments-pg'. [111]
l.11400: Undefined cross reference `Environments-pg'. [112]
l.11443: Undefined cross reference `Font Description File Format-pg'.
l.11476: Undefined cross reference `Environments-pg'. [113]
l.11588: Undefined cross reference `Debugging-pg'. [114]
l.11651: Undefined cross reference `Postprocessor Access-pg'.
l.11688: Undefined cross reference `Environments-pg'. [115]
l.11739: Undefined cross reference `Environments-pg'.
l.11789: Undefined cross reference `Page Location Traps-pg'. [116] [117]
l.11937: Undefined cross reference `Environments-pg'. [118]
l.12048: Undefined cross reference `Strings-pg'. [119]
l.12142: Undefined cross reference `Debugging-pg'.
l.12184: Undefined cross reference `Environments-pg'. [120]
l.12211: Undefined cross reference `Environments-pg'.
l.12237: Undefined cross reference `Environments-pg'.
l.12244: Undefined cross reference `Warnings-pg'.
l.12267: Undefined cross reference `Environments-pg'.
l.12275: Undefined cross reference `Warnings-pg'. [121]
l.12298: Undefined cross reference `Page Location Traps-pg'.
l.12304: Undefined cross reference `Page Motions-pg'. [122]
l.12384: Undefined cross reference `Page Control-pg'.
l.12385: Undefined cross reference `Other Differences-pg'.
l.12402: Undefined cross reference `Environments-pg'.
l.12406: Undefined cross reference `Changing the Type Size-pg'. [123]
l.12458: Undefined cross reference `Drawing Geometric Objects-pg'.
l.12503: Undefined cross reference `Page Control-pg'.
l.12505: Undefined cross reference `Drawing Geometric Objects-pg'.
l.12506: Undefined cross reference `Diversions-pg'. [124]
l.12597: Undefined cross reference `Line Layout-pg'. [125]
l.12661: Undefined cross reference `Environments-pg'.
l.12702: Undefined cross reference `Copy Mode-pg'.
l.12730: Undefined cross reference `Environments-pg'. [126]
l.12807: Undefined cross reference `Copy Mode-pg'. [127]
l.12824: Undefined cross reference `Environments-pg'.
l.12879: Undefined cross reference `Environments-pg'. [128]
l.12911: Undefined cross reference `GNU @command {troff} Internals-pg'.
l.12948: Undefined cross reference `Diversions-pg'. [129]
l.13049: Undefined cross reference `GNU @command {troff} Internals-pg'.
l.13062: Undefined cross reference `Diversions-pg'.
l.13137: Undefined cross reference `Conditionals and Loops-pg'. [130]
../../../../../doc/groff.dvi.t2d/doc!groff.t2d/dvi/src/groff.texi:13181:
epsf.t
ex not found, images will be ignored.
@@image:impl ...not found, images will be ignored}
@global @warnednoepsftrue
...
<argument> ...ayout,4in,,line layout diagram,.png}
@unskip @hfil
@centersub ...enalty @fi @line {@kern @leftskip #1
@kern @rightskip }
@\center ...{@hfil @ignorespaces #1@unskip @hfil }
@let @centersub @relax
l.13181 ...e-layout,4in,,line layout diagram,.png}
?
../../../../../doc/groff.dvi.t2d/doc!groff.t2d/dvi/src/groff.texi:13181:
Emerge
ncy stop.
@@image:impl ...not found, images will be ignored}
@global @warnednoepsftrue
...
<argument> ...ayout,4in,,line layout diagram,.png}
@unskip @hfil
@centersub ...enalty @fi @line {@kern @leftskip #1
@kern @rightskip }
@\center ...{@hfil @ignorespaces #1@unskip @hfil }
@let @centersub @relax
l.13181 ...e-layout,4in,,line layout diagram,.png}
Output written on groff.dvi (136 pages, 427476 bytes).
Transcript written on groff.log.
/usr/bin/texi2dvi: etex exited with bad status, quitting.
make: *** [Makefile:20106: doc/groff.dvi] Error 1
The attached patch fixes it.
(file #58872)
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