Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 09:09:39 -0500 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, smkelly@creighton.edu Subject: Re: Problem with groff (man) after updating yesterday/today Message-ID: <01112609093900.00903@i8k.babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <20011126124203.E61002@sunbay.com> References: <01112517302000.00626@i8k.babbleon.org> <20011126124203.E61002@sunbay.com>
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On Monday 26 November 2001 05:42, Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 05:30:20PM -0500, Brian T.Schellenberger wrote:
> > I just upgraded to 4.4-STABLE from 4.3-STABLE.
> >
> > But the second one is a real pain the neck: man is broken because groff
> > is broken; I get the following the first time I ask for a man page. (The
> > second time, the man command has helpfully cached an empty file for
> > me--I'll have to get rid of all those after I fix the first problem.):
> >
> > Formatting page, please wait.../usr/bin/groff: can't find `DESC' file
> > /usr/bin/groff:fatal error: invalid device `ascii'
> > Done.
> >
> > Well, the /usr/share/groff/groff_font/devascii directory exists. I'm not
> > very familiar with what it should have, but it looks plausible.
>
> The correct location is /usr/share/groff_font/devascii/DESC.
Sorry, I should have been more explicit.
Yes, that file exists.
Here's the directory and the DESc file itself. I suspect that they are
correct, and it's groff itself that is somehow broken and therefore looking
in the wrong place:
> ls /usr/share/groff_font/devascii
B BI CW DESC I L R S
> cat /usr/share/groff_font/devascii/DESC
res 240
hor 24
vert 40
unitwidth 10
sizes 10 0
fonts 7 R I B BI S L CW
tcommand
postpro grotty
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