[bug #62551] [PATCH] doc/groff.texi: Fix content and style nits

URL: Summary: [PATCH] doc/groff.texi: Fix content and style nits Project: GNU troff Submitter: barx Submitted: Tue 31 May 2022 01:24:11 PM CDT Category: Core Sev

[bug #62551] [PATCH] doc/groff.texi: Fix content and style nits

Update of bug #62551 (project groff): Status:None => In Progress Assigned to:None => gbranden ___ Follow-up Comment #1: Thanks, Dave! [comme

[bug #62551] [PATCH] doc/groff.texi: Fix content and style nits

Follow-up Comment #2, bug #62551 (project groff): [comment #1 comment #1:] > Cover page material seems only to appear in DVI and PDF output, I see. I guess a standard build doesn't generate the PDF version (or it hides it well). > As you probably saw, Trent's name does appear in an example in t

[bug #62551] [PATCH] doc/groff.texi: Fix content and style nits

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #62551 (project groff): [comment #2 comment #2:] > I see. I guess a standard build doesn't generate the PDF version (or it hides it well). It should these days! Or, rather, it will if you have the requisite tools installed. What happens when you cd into your build di

[bug #62551] [PATCH] doc/groff.texi: Fix content and style nits

Update of bug #62551 (project groff): Status: In Progress => Fixed Open/Closed:Open => Closed Planned Release:None => 1.23.0

[bug #62551] [PATCH] doc/groff.texi: Fix content and style nits

Follow-up Comment #5, bug #62551 (project groff): [comment #3 comment #3:] > It should these days! Or, rather, it will if you have the > requisite tools installed. I think I fell into the cracks of the timeline. I last built on April 23, just before commit c21f1a0e

[bug #62551] [PATCH] doc/groff.texi: Fix content and style nits

Follow-up Comment #6, bug #62551 (project groff): [comment #5 comment #5:] > [comment #3 comment #3:] > > It should these days! Or, rather, it will if you have the > > requisite tools installed. > > I think I fell into the cracks of the timeline. I last built on April 23, just before commit c2

[bug #62551] [PATCH] doc/groff.texi: Fix content and style nits

Follow-up Comment #7, bug #62551 (project groff): OK. If we're correct, it's a little concerning that a TeX from a mere two years ago can now prevent a successful groff build. But I suppose if the problem is widespread we'll hear more about it when rc2 hits the streets. ___

[bug #62551] [PATCH] doc/groff.texi: Fix content and style nits

Follow-up Comment #8, bug #62551 (project groff): [comment #7 comment #7:] > OK. If we're correct, it's a little concerning that a TeX from a mere two years ago can now prevent a successful groff build. If that's the case, then I'm concerned, too. On the bright side, building from the distribu

[bug #62551] [PATCH] doc/groff.texi: Fix content and style nits

Follow-up Comment #9, bug #62551 (project groff): [comment #8 comment #8:] > But I was suggesting that maybe your TeX installation got > messed up somehow. Possible. I never use TeX directly; it's only on my system as a prereq for another package that I used to use but no longer really do, so I

[bug #62551] [PATCH] doc/groff.texi: Fix content and style nits

Follow-up Comment #10, bug #62551 (project groff): Is it true that previously you didn't need a full TeX installation to build groff from git, it just did not build groff.pdf as part of the process. Now it seems the build borks very early on if tex2dvi is not found, so you have to have the majorit

[bug #62551] [PATCH] doc/groff.texi: Fix content and style nits

Follow-up Comment #11, bug #62551 (project groff): Hi Deri! [comment #10 comment #10:] > Is it true that previously you didn't need a full TeX installation to build groff from git, it just did not build groff.pdf as part of the process. Yes, that's correct. > Now it seems the build borks very e

[bug #62551] [PATCH] doc/groff.texi: Fix content and style nits

Follow-up Comment #12, bug #62551 (project groff): Discussion of TeX dependency continued at http://lists.gnu.org/r/groff/2022-06/msg00013.html ___ Reply to this item at: _

[bug #62551] [PATCH] doc/groff.texi: Fix content and style nits

Follow-up Comment #13, bug #62551 (project groff): TeX dependency now spun off into bug #62592 so we don't have to keep hijacking this one. ___ Reply to this item at: _