[bug #68445] [troff] Incorrect warning using 2 arg .bd

Deri James <[email protected]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 10:07:12 -0400 (EDT)

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                 Summary: [troff] Incorrect warning using 2 arg .bd
                   Group: GNU roff
               Submitter: deri
               Submitted: Fri 12 Jun 2026 02:07:03 PM UTC
                Category: Core
                Severity: 2 - Minor
              Item Group: Warning/Suspicious behaviour
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Unlocked
         Planned Release: None


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Date: Fri 12 Jun 2026 02:07:03 PM UTC By: Deri James <deri>
If a 2arg .bd is followed by a comment:-

$ printf '.bd TR 500 \" Comment'|groff -z
troff:<standard input>:1: warning: ignoring third argument to font emboldening
request when first interpreted as mounting position and second as emboldening
amount [-w font]
-varbatim-








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