Package: groff Version: 1.18.1.1-12 Severity: normal I am afraid that while Debian (perhaps GNU/Linux in general?) presents itself as fully utf8 capable, it is only meant to say something about a fully loaded graphical desktop, nothing about the console. This bug is one instance; the completely broken console-tools initscript, which I am not reporting because I don't know where to start, another.
To repeat: apt-get install fonty-rg /usr/bin/utf8 zcat /usr/share/man/man1/utf8.1.gz zcat /usr/share/man/man1/utf8.1.gz | groff -mandoc -T utf8 See the difference? -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-7custom200702191149 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages groff depends on: ii groff-base 1.18.1.1-12 GNU troff text-formatting system ( ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-21 GCC support library ii libice6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libsm6 1:1.0.1-3 X11 Session Management library ii libstdc++6 4.1.1-21 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-5 X11 client-side library ii libxaw7 1:1.0.2-4 X11 Athena Widget library ii libxext6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxmu6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 miscellaneous utility library ii libxpm4 1:3.5.5-2 X11 pixmap library ii libxt6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 toolkit intrinsics library Versions of packages groff recommends: ii graphicsmagick-imagemagick 1.1.7-12 image processing tools providing I ii gs-gpl [gs] 8.54.dfsg.1-5 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript int ii libpaper1 1.1.21 Library for handling paper charact ii netpbm 2:10.0-11 Graphics conversion tools ii psutils 1.17-24 A collection of PostScript documen -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]