[bug #68575] doc/doc.am: "doc/groff-man-pages.*" missing dependency on "preconv"

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:14:32 -0400 (EDT)
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URL:=0A  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68575>=0A=0A                 Summa=
ry: doc/doc.am: "doc/groff-man-pages.*" missing=0Adependency on "preconv"=
=0A                   Group: GNU roff=0A               Submitter: gbranden=
=0A               Submitted: Tue 28 Jul 2026 08:14:29 PM UTC=0A            =
    Category: General=0A                Severity: 3 - Normal=0A            =
  Item Group: Documentation=0A                  Status: In Progress=0A     =
            Privacy: Public=0A             Assigned to: gbranden=0A        =
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ned Release: None=0A=0A=0A    _____________________________________________=
__________=0A=0AFollow-up Comments:=0A=0A=0A-------------------------------=
------------------------=0ADate: Tue 28 Jul 2026 08:14:29 PM UTC By: G. Bra=
nden Robinson <gbranden>=0A[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2026-0=
7/msg00076.html Richard Purdie=0Areported]:=0A=0A=0AAnyway, with lib built =
(which I struggled to find a neat way to do but=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=0Apdf=
mom: fatal error: test-groff exited with status 16=0Amake: *** [Makefile:19=
752: doc/groff-man-pages.pdf] Error 1=0Amake: *** Deleting file 'doc/groff-=
man-pages.pdf'=0A=0Awhich leads me to believe this is needed:=0A=0A=0Adiff =
--git a/doc/doc.am b/doc/doc.am=0Aindex 9898a19d8..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.in=0A =0A doc/groff-man-pages=
.pdf: $(GROFF_MAN_PAGES_ALL) \=0A   $(DOC_GMP_COVER_PAGE) \=0A-  eqn pic tb=
l pdfmom \=0A+  eqn pic tbl pdfmom preconv \=0A   $(TMAC_PACKAGE_MAN) $(TMA=
C_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 @@ doc/groff-man-pages.pdf: $(GRO=
FF_MAN_PAGES_ALL) \=0A          $(tmac_srcdir)/sv.tmac $(GROFF_MAN_PAGES2) =
\=0A          $(tmac_srcdir)/en.tmac $(GROFF_MAN_PAGES3) > $@=0A =0A-doc/gr=
off-man-pages.utf8.txt: $(GROFF_MAN_PAGES_ALL) eqn pic tbl \=0A+doc/groff-m=
an-pages.utf8.txt: $(GROFF_MAN_PAGES_ALL) eqn pic tbl preconv \=0A   $(TMAC=
_PACKAGE_MAN) $(TMAC_PACKAGE_MDOC)=0A        $(GROFF_V)$(DOC_GROFF) -K utf-=
8 -pet -Tutf8 -mandoc \=0A          -rCHECKSTYLE=3D3 $(GROFF_MAN_PAGES1) \=
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