On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 12:40:22AM +0000, Bjarni Ingi Gislason wrote: > Package: dictionaries-common > Version: 1.30.1 > Severity: minor > > * What led up to the situation? > > Checking for defects with > > test-[g|n]roff -mandoc -t -K utf8 -rF0 -rHY=0 -ww -b -z < "man page" > > [Use "groff -e ' $' <file>" to find trailing spaces.] > > ["test-groff" is a script in the repository for "groff"; is not shipped] > (local copy and "troff" slightly changed by me). > > [The fate of "test-nroff" was decided in groff bug #55941.] > > * What was the outcome of this action? > > > troff: backtrace: '<stdin>':11: macro 'Vb' > troff: backtrace: file '<stdin>':67 > troff:<stdin>:67: warning: font name 'CW' is deprecated
Hi, thanks for the feedback. In this case, I have to remark that these groff code is generated from perl pod code by pod2man, not written directly, so there is little to do from dictionaries-common package. I am happy to hear about patches for the original perl pod code of this script (and other similar scripts in dictionaries-common), but in general I tend to think this as a pod2man issue. I see that some things above have already been reported against perl package, https://bugs.debian.org/1041070 [perl: pod2man uses CW, groff-base no longer supports this by default] https://bugs.debian.org/1041158 [perl: pod2man propagates duplicate space in the man page] may also influence spacing. Regards, -- Agustin
