Follow-up Comment #26, bug #61423 (group groff):

We did eventually get a complaint about this.

The message came to me privately but Joerg gave me permission to quote it to
the list, so I did.


> one example where this apparently has happened recently: mismatch
> between file name and "internal" name of a font description file now
> throws an error and the requested font is not used at all although
> available (in my case I put a softlink into devps to augment some font
> family by an italics font (since no such font was part of that font
> family in the first place. in this way it was "documented" in the file
> system at least what font actually was used. this used to work. but
> recently (probably with 1.23) I have started to get that error and
> refusal to switch to that perfectly fine italics font...  I now,
> therefore, had to cp the font and edit the internal name to make it
> work again. so for me this is an example where I would deem the error
> checking too strict.


https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2024-10/msg00058.html

I directed his attention to this ticket.  Haven't heard back yet.


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