Hi Ulrich, On Wed, Sep 24 2014 at 10:52:39 PM, Ulrich Lauther <ulrich.laut...@t-online.de> wrote: > I did the bootstrapping as described and then 'make dist' to generate a > groff-1.22.2.tar.gz. > I expanded this file at some other place, went into the new groff-1.22.2 > directory and typed > ./configure --prefix=/home/<user>/groff_test > make > make install > > Now whe I type 'groff_test/bin/groff -v > > I get : > GNU groff version 1.22.2 > Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > . > . > called subprograms: > > groff_test/bin/groff: can't find `DESC' file > groff_test/bin/groff:fatal error: invalid device `ps' > > However, > ls -l groff_test/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/DESC > gives me > -rw-r--r-- 1 privat privat 189 Sep 24 22:12 > groff_test/share/groff/1.22.2/font/devps/DESC > > Probably I did something utterly silly, but no idea what. > > Please help a poor struggler!
Hm ... I see no obvious mistake in your commands, and could not reproduce the problem. I have no idea of what's going on. Could you please apply the attached patch to trace the error we have when attempting to open the DESC file ? Regards, -- Bertrand Garrigues
diff --git a/src/libs/libgroff/searchpath.cpp b/src/libs/libgroff/searchpath.cpp index 105dfdf..7101ec6 100644 --- a/src/libs/libgroff/searchpath.cpp +++ b/src/libs/libgroff/searchpath.cpp @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ #include "lib.h" +#include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <assert.h> #include <errno.h> @@ -134,6 +135,9 @@ FILE *search_path::open_file(const char *name, char **pathp) a_delete path; return fp; } + else { + fprintf (stderr, "Failed to open %s: %s\n", path, strerror(errno)); + } a_delete path; if (*end == '\0') break;
