Update of bug #64421 (project groff):
Summary: [mom] the word "black" spuriously appears in output
=> [troff] link-time optimization changes `.m` register initialization
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Follow-up Comment #32:
Oddly enough this bug seems to be intersecting with one Deri recently filed,
bug #64592.
A touch more instrumentation not only reveals the gunsmoke, but we can hear
the echoing report of the shot.
@@ -2840,6 +2842,7 @@ end
\# rule), the rule weight is the one set by RULE_WEIGHT.
\#
.MAC DRH END
+. device x GBR DRH: .m=\\n[.m], args: $1=\\$1, $2=\\$2, $3=\\$3, $4=\\$4
. GRAPHICAL_OBJ
. ds $RL_WEIGHT \\$1
. ds $RL_INDENT \\$2
The problem appears to be the initialization of the .m register in the
formatter.
$ echo .pnr | groff 2>&1 | grep -F .m # "good" groff
.m
$ echo .pnr | ./build/test-groff 2>&1 | grep -F .m # "bad"
.m default
This is enough to explain the execution trace of the macro package and locate
the problem within the formatter itself, which is where a link-time
optimization (or other object code manipulation) would place it. My hunch
from comment #20 finally pays off!
Dropping "mom" tag.
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