> the groff man macros do not seem to have page traps?
Only if you produce non-TTY output. See the groff_man manpage for
details.
> I have a problem in (non-GNU) nroff with the sqlite3 man page which
> uses .cc.
Ouch. That way madness lies.
> When the page trap is reached errors are occuring. In the troff
> manual ยง 10.4 it is stated that .cc has to be compatible with macros
> invoked by traps.
Yes. Consequently, changing `.cc' is nothing a manpage should ever do
by itself.
> So I would say it is not a good idea for a portable man page to use
> .cc?
Correct.
Werner