[bug #68574] [grog] report `-k` option as required if any input code point is non-ASCII

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:52:42 -0400 (EDT)
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URL:=0A  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68574>=0A=0A                 Summa=
ry: [grog] report `-k` option as required if any input=0Acode point is non-=
ASCII=0A                   Group: GNU roff=0A               Submitter: gbra=
nden=0A               Submitted: Tue 28 Jul 2026 06:52:39 PM UTC=0A        =
        Category: Utilities=0A                Severity: 1 - Wish=0A        =
      Item Group: Feature change=0A                  Status: None=0A       =
          Privacy: Public=0A             Assigned to: None=0A             O=
pen/Closed: Open=0A         Discussion Lock: Unlocked=0A         Planned Re=
lease: None=0A=0A=0A    ___________________________________________________=
____=0A=0AFollow-up Comments:=0A=0A=0A-------------------------------------=
------------------=0ADate: Tue 28 Jul 2026 06:52:39 PM UTC By: G. Branden R=
obinson <gbranden>=0APrompted by [https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/=
2026-07/msg00076.html a=0Areport to the _groff_ list by Richard Purdie]:=0A=
=0A=0AAnyway, with lib built (which I struggled to find a neat way to do bu=
t=0Amake and Ctrl+C did it):=0A=0A make doc/groff-man-pages.pdf=0A  GROFF  =
  doc/groff-man-pages.pdf=0A/groff/groff: error: couldn't exec preconv: No =
such file or directory=0Apdfmom: fatal error: test-groff exited with status=
 16=0Amake: *** [Makefile:19752: doc/groff-man-pages.pdf] Error 1=0Amake: *=
** Deleting file 'doc/groff-man-pages.pdf'=0A=0Awhich leads me to believe t=
his is needed:=0A=0A=0Adiff --git a/doc/doc.am b/doc/doc.am=0Aindex 9898a19=
d8..a30b3e599 100644=0A--- a/doc/doc.am=0A+++ b/doc/doc.am=0A@@ -289,7 +289=
,7 @@ $(DOC_GMP_COVER_PAGE): =0A$(doc_srcdir)/groff-man-pages-cover.groff.i=
n=0A =0A doc/groff-man-pages.pdf: $(GROFF_MAN_PAGES_ALL) \=0A   $(DOC_GMP_C=
OVER_PAGE) \=0A-  eqn pic tbl pdfmom \=0A+  eqn pic tbl pdfmom preconv \=0A=
   $(TMAC_PACKAGE_MAN) $(TMAC_PACKAGE_MDOC) font/devps/freeeuro.pfa=0A     =
   $(GROFF_V)$(DOC_PDFMOM) -K utf-8 -pet -mandoc -dHF=3DHB -rC1 \=0A       =
   -rCHECKSTYLE=3D3 -Tpdf $(groffmanpagesoption) \=0A@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ do=
c/groff-man-pages.pdf: $(GROFF_MAN_PAGES_ALL) \=0A          $(tmac_srcdir)/=
sv.tmac $(GROFF_MAN_PAGES2) \=0A          $(tmac_srcdir)/en.tmac $(GROFF_MA=
N_PAGES3) > $@=0A =0A-doc/groff-man-pages.utf8.txt: $(GROFF_MAN_PAGES_ALL) =
eqn pic tbl \=0A+doc/groff-man-pages.utf8.txt: $(GROFF_MAN_PAGES_ALL) eqn p=
ic tbl preconv \=0A   $(TMAC_PACKAGE_MAN) $(TMAC_PACKAGE_MDOC)=0A        $(=
GROFF_V)$(DOC_GROFF) -K utf-8 -pet -Tutf8 -mandoc \=0A          -rCHECKSTYL=
E=3D3 $(GROFF_MAN_PAGES1) \=0A=0A=0AResolving this ticket wouldn't solve th=
at problem, because our Automake script=0Adoesn't use _grog_(1), but would =
help with similar ones.=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A    ________________________=
_______________________________=0A=0AReply to this item at:=0A=0A  <https:/=
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