Re: [PATCH][mom]: Fix example build dependencies

"G. Branden Robinson" <[email protected]> Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:10:24 -0500

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.printing.groff.general
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At 2026-04-21T10:01:40+0100, Richard Purdie wrote:
> We are seeing occasional failures for eqn being missing when building 
> mom examples, e.g.:

"We" == the Yocto Project?

> | groff-1.24.0/groff: error: couldn't exec eqn: Permission denied
> | pdfmom: fatal error: groff-1.24.0/test-groff exited with status 24
> | make[2]: *** [Makefile:19256: contrib/mom/examples/slide-demo.pdf] Error 1
> 
> It may find eqn from the host system if installed too.

Hmm, yes, that's not good.

> Fix the build dependencies to add eqn, pic, tbl and preconv since a 
> quick strace indicates them all being used here.

Yes, and the definition of the `MOMPDFMOM` macro earlier in the same
Automake script makes their use explicit.

Good catch!  Thank you!  You can expect to see this fix in my next push.

Regards,
Branden

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