[bug #68497] [troff] assertion failure in 1.24.1: context != DELIMITER_GROFF_EXPRESSION

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Sun, 5 Jul 2026 10:09:40 -0400 (EDT)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.printing.groff.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Update of bug #68497 (group groff):

                  Status:               Need Info => Confirmed

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Follow-up Comment #7:

Confirmed.  Will investigate further.


$ vagrant ssh
Last login: Sun Jul  5 14:08:05 2026 from 10.0.2.2
The illumos Project     illumos-f8dbd23a57      July 2026
vagrant@openindiana:~$ groff --version
GNU groff version 1.24.1
Copyright 1989-2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc. and others

This is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
License, version 3, or any later version, at your option.  There is NO
warranty;
not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

See the "COPYING", "FDL", and "LICENSES" files in the groff distribution or
package for additional notices and permissions.

programs in constructed pipeline:

GNU grops (groff) version 1.24.1
GNU troff (groff) version 1.24.1
vagrant@openindiana:~$ groff -man
Assertion failed: context != DELIMITER_GROFF_EXPRESSION, file
/jenkins/jobs/oi-userland/workspace/components/text/groff/groff-1.24.1/src/roff/troff/input.cpp,
line 2887, function is_usable_as_delimiter
groff: error: gtroff: Aborted (core dumped)




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