Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 23:24:39 -0400 From: Forrest Aldrich <forrie@forrie.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Groff issues with latest FreeBSD-4.x build Message-ID: <6.0.0.14.2.20030801232406.01c2cca8@192.168.1.1> In-Reply-To: <44n0esd9su.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <6.0.0.14.2.20030801230143.01b01508@192.168.1.1> <6.0.0.12.2.20030717093843.01e35ae0@192.168.1.1> <6.0.0.12.2.20030717093843.01e35ae0@192.168.1.1> <6.0.0.14.2.20030801230143.01b01508@192.168.1.1>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi there, When I do that, the same exact thing happens... and it's not making any sense to me. What database(s) are dependent upon by "man"? # zcat /usr/share/man/man1/ls.1.gz |nroff -man troff: fatal error: can't find macro file tty-char Forrest At 11:21 PM 8/1/2003, you wrote: >Forrest Aldrich <forrie@forrie.com> writes: > > > I just rebuilt the entire system from CVS, and still get this problem: > > > > # man man > > Formatting page, please wait...troff: fatal error: can't find macro > > file tty-char > > Done. > > > > This can't be that complex of an issue, which is probably why I'm > > still figuring it out. Doesn't the 'man' command need to find its > > tmac files in /usr/share/tmac? If so, then there's something wrong > > with the man configuration somewhere (something I'm not familiar with). > > > > Any pointers would really be appreciated, nobody else responded. > > >Hmm. Not exactly my thing, but what happens if you try the formatting >directly? > >zcat /usr/share/man/man1/ls.1.gz |nroff -man
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?6.0.0.14.2.20030801232406.01c2cca8>