[bug #68406] groff -p /dev/null fails

anonymous <[email protected]>
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                 Summary: groff -p /dev/null  fails
                   Group: GNU roff
               Submitter: None
               Submitted: Thu 28 May 2026 06:20:52 PM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Unlocked
         Planned Release: None


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Date: Thu 28 May 2026 06:20:52 PM UTC By: Anonymous
groff -p /dev/null  
provokes this diagnostic:
grops:<standard input>:(/dev/null):6: fatal error: 'V' command invalid before
first 'p' command

[Remember Kernighan's law, ""Do 'noothing' gracefully."]







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