Re: groff-1.23.0.5077-7dcc8 on Midnight BSD 3.0 and 4.0

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Mon, 19 Jan 2026 18:50:07 -0600

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.printing.groff.general
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[CCing groff@gnu to keep its developers in the loop]

At 2026-01-19T17:35:12-0700, Nelson H. F. Beebe wrote:
> Builds of groff-1.23.0.5077-7dcc8 on Midnight BSD 3.0 and 4.0
> fail like this:
> 
> 	  GEN      font/devpdf/SS
> 
> 	make: stopped in /local/build/cc/groff-1.23.0.5077-7dcc8
> 	make: don't know how to make font/devpdf/symbolsl.afm. Stop

Ayup.

> I'm guessing that this is another missing font issue: suggestions
> welcome!

Not this time.  Or, rather, it _is_ a font issue, but it's nothing to do
with the eternal debacle of locating URW fonts.  It's a familiar
problem, both to me and to Ingo Schwarze, our resident OpenBSD and
non-GNU make(1) expert.  It's been reported already, and Ingo's
diagnosed a probable cause.

I'd provide a link to the message in question, but lists.gnu.org has
decided to go comatose for me just this second.

It'll be the most recent message from Ingo prior to Tue 20 Jan 2026
12:48:07 AM UTC.

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2026-01/index.html

I think I know what I need to do; I merely need the competence to
execute it.

Regards,
Branden

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