Re: groff 1.24.0.rc2 available for evaluation

On 2026-01-30 Alexis (surryhill) wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> it seems to me that 1.24.0.rc2 may have introduced a regression
> regarding the URW fonts:
> Using the same configure flags, i.e. including --with-urw-fonts-dir=,
> as with a previous 1.24.0.rc1 build, configure does not find the
> URW fonts: checking for URW fonts in Type 1/PFB format... none found
>
> Another thing I noticed is that ⟨prefix⟩/share/groff/1.23.0
> exists where I'd expect ⟨prefix⟩/share/groff/1.24.0.
>
> Do these issue occur for other folks too, or is it related to my
> nixpkgs build setup for groff?

No, there has indeed been a regression between (in my case) 
   
 GNU roff version 1.24.0.rc1.4-3a8f-modified
   
and

 GNU roff version 1.24.0.rc2.26-48ff-modified
 
Even if I enter the correct path to the urw fonts with the
"--with-urw-fonts-dir=/home/mojo/.fonts" configure option, which is where my
urw fonts are, this is ignored by ./configure and the path to the urw fonts
in the configuration summary is set to the incorrect
/usr/share/ghostscript/Resource/Font

running autoreconf -fvi does not solve it. Running ./bootstrap gives
me this fatal error:

  fatal: Unable to checkout 'dc9ad4ec31fb09d247036f6a031e4ec6efbaa26c' in submodule path 'gnulib'


Regards,
Morten