[Bug 221715] “make -R build-pdf-pages -troff” fails with “warning: table row do es not fit”

[email protected] Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:08:53 +0000
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-man
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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221715

--- Comment #3 from Alejandro Colomar ([email protected]) ---
Hi Branden,

On 2026-07-16T19:53:27+0000, [email protected] wrote:
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221715
> 
> G. Branden Robinson ([email protected]) changed:
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> --- Comment #2 from G. Branden Robinson ([email protected]) ---
> Hi Alex,
> 
> This seemed to do the trick for me.

Would you mind sending a patch in the list?  Especially, please document
in the commit message what this is doing and why.  :)

Is this the only page that needs to be tweaked?


Have a lovely night!
Alex

> 
> diff --git a/man/man4/console_codes.4 b/man/man4/console_codes.4
> index 2fa8368e1..5c0508d4e 100644
> --- a/man/man4/console_codes.4
> +++ b/man/man4/console_codes.4
> @@ -413,6 +413,8 @@ .SS Linux console controls
>  set background, same as 40..47 (bright not supported)
>  T}
>  .TE
> +.br
> +.ne 4v
>  .P
>  Commands 38 and 48 require further arguments:
>  .P
> @@ -762,6 +764,8 @@ .SS Comparisons with other terminals
>  T}
>  ESC ] 50 ; \f[I]fn\f[] ST      Set font to \f[I]fn\f[].
>  .TE
> +.br
> +.ne 4v
>  .P
>  It recognizes the following with slightly modified meaning
>  (saving more state, behaving closer to VT100/VT220):
> 
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