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

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Wed, 8 Jul 2026 23:17:26 -0400 (EDT)

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Follow-up Comment #16, bug #68497 (group groff):

At 2026-07-08T21:59:19-0400, Dave wrote:
> Follow-up Comment #15, bug #68497 (group groff):
> [comment #14 comment #14:]
>> The point is that there was a trailing space after ms.acc.
>> groff -man removed it silently, but groff -mgan takes it
>> seriously as part of the file name.
>
> This is an intentional (though not uncontroversial) change: see
> bug #66673.

And as the log of that bug reveals, the change was not gratuitous: we
bought something with that controversy.  See bug #66434.



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