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Date:      Tue, 30 Oct 2001 19:58:55 -0800 (PST)
From:      Lyndon Griffin <lyndon@bsd4us.org>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   misc/31650: man(1) dumps core with groff/troff seg fault
Message-ID:  <200110310358.f9V3wtA62468@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         31650
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       man(1) dumps core with groff/troff seg fault
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Oct 30 20:00:00 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Lyndon Griffin
>Release:        4.4-RELEASE
>Organization:
bsd4us.org
>Environment:
FreeBSD gemini.bsd4us.org 4.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE #3: Sat Oct 20 15:53:44 EDT 2001     root@gemini.bsd4us.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/GEMINI  i386
>Description:
man(1) dumps core on some manpages (I believe these are not preformatted pages).  groff(1) also dumps core with any (or no) options.  The specific error is a segmentation fault from groff: troff.  Backtrace shows in main()->free()->free().  When attempting to recompile groff with symbols, the problem disappears.  Subsequent builds did not restore the problem.
>How-To-Repeat:
Install clean from a 4.4-RELEASE cdrom.  Run man(1) on a manpage for which a preformatted version does not exist on disk.
>Fix:
Compile and install groff from /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/groff.  It appears that the source code on the 4.4-RELEASE cdrom does not contain the bug.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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