Re: typesetting.{mom,pdf} and the groff build system (was: proposed "headline" items for groff 1.24.0)

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Mon, 2 Feb 2026 11:48:11 -0600

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.printing.groff.general
Message-ID	<20260202174811.f7tdcmq3u4oi4t33@illithid>

At 2026-02-02T17:35:33+0000, Deri wrote:
> On Monday, 2 February 2026 01:22:04 GMT G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> > At 2026-02-01T23:30:07+0000, Deri wrote:
> > > > Yes, I observe the same contents, plus descriptions of the
> > > > PostScript level 2 fonts.  I see them in my build's font/devpdf
> > > > directory, too.  I don't understand why you don't.  BuildFoundries
> > > > is supposed to copy them over from font/devps, and does--for me.
> > > > 
> > > > $ (cd ~/groff-HEAD/share/groff/1.24.0/font/devpdf && echo * | fold -sw
> > > > 72)
> > > > AB ABI AI AR BMB BMBI BMI BMR CB CBI CI CR CSH CSS CTH CTS DESC EURO
> > > > Foundry HB HBI HI HNB HNBI HNI HNR HR JPG JPM KOG KOM NB NBI NI NR
> > > > PB PBI PI PR S SS TB TBI TI TR ZCMI ZD download enc map symbolsl.afm
> > > > symbolsl.pfb
> > > 
> > > Problem. As this is "basic" only the base-14 (as above) should be
> > > observed.
> > 
> > Then we'd need to change font/devpdf/devpdf.am and/or BuildFoundries.
> > But see below.
> 
> Before you change anything please repeat your "basic", you did not actually 
> follow the instructions (particularly make distclean).

I did.  You appear to have overlooked the fact that I tested the "basic"
scenario first and build in a directory from a freshly unpacked
distribution archive.  You can't "make distclean" that because no
Makefile exists to run the target.

You have to "configure" first.

[...]
> As you failed to generate a proper basic run, consideration of what
> happens next is moot.

I'm going to disregard the rest of your message, as you're having
obvious trouble comprehending mine.

Let me know when you make sense of it.

Regards,
Branden

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