[bug #68497] groff-1.24.1 Assertion failed: context != DELIMITER_GROFF_EXPRESSION

garavel <[email protected]> Sat, 4 Jul 2026 02:49:27 -0400 (EDT)

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Follow-up Comment #2, bug #68497 (group groff):

Thanks for the quick reply!

I did not try to compile groff myself on OpenIndiana. I used the groff
installed by the package manager. "which groff" answers /bin/groff.

If you wanr to reproduce the problem on your side; the easiest way
would be to install OpenIndiana in a VM, which is quite easy. The
graphical interface of the OS is the same as Linux Debian with Gnome 2.
Instructions are given here:
https://docs.openindiana.org/handbook/getting-started/#virtual-machines

I run the commands:

$ groff -mdoc
$ groff -ms
$ groff -me
$ groff
$ gtroff -R

followed by Control-D. No output is emitted.

The command:

$ groff -mm

displays the following message:

gtroff:/usr/share/lib/tmac/mmt:2760: error: ignoring invalid numeric
expression containing an escaped '}'
gtroff:/usr/share/lib/tmac/mmt:2760: error: ignoring invalid numeric
expression containing an escaped '}'


The command:

$ groff -mom

outputs PostScript contents ending with %%EOF.

I also tried

$ gtroff -man

which failes with the assertion violation already reported.




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