Does it make a difference if you add a prologue file named `bar`? From grops(1):
*-P**prologue-file* Use the file *prologue-file* (in the font path) as the prologue instead of the default prologue file *prologue*. The error I get with groff 1.22.4 is different: $ echo foo | groff -Pbar grops: can't open file 'bar' What platform are you running? Did you compile Groff manually, or install it with a package-manager? On Mon, 28 Sep 2020 at 02:45, <hacke...@member.fsf.org> wrote: > Using groff 1.22.4, groff complains and then dumps core when I do this: > > $ echo foo | groff -Pbar > troff: fatal error: error writing output file > groff: troff: Signal 11 (core dumped) > > Is it just me or does that happen for everyone? > > —b9 >