Re: To bust or not to bust: the C/C++ code freeze for a (poor man's) fuzzer-provoked SEGV

On Thursday, 29 January 2026 00:23:43 GMT G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> "Typing Documents on the Unix System: Using the -ms macros with Troff
> and Nroff", M.E. Lesk, 13 November 1978:
> 
>     Warning: You can't just begin a document with a line of text.  Some
>     -ms command must precede any text input.
> 

You and me both initially forgot that. Although, I did pretty soon remember, 
because I was able to attach the document to the bug, and let you know that a 
correctly structured ms document avoided the core dump - I thought it would 
help in your diagnosis.

> However, a core dump should not be GNU troff's means of informing you
> that you erred.
> 
> I'll test my excessively advanced input stream pointer hypothesis
> presently.

Ooh. I do love an advanced hypothesis.

Cheers

Deri