URL: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68733>
Summary: [mm] `mmroff` doesn't propagate `groff` error exit
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Group: GNU roff
Submitter: gbranden
Submitted: Thu 01 Oct 2026 08:28:30 PM UTC
Category: Macro package mm
Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: Incorrect behaviour
Status: Confirmed
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: gbranden
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Unlocked
Planned Release: None
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Date: Thu 01 Oct 2026 08:28:30 PM UTC By: G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
_mmroff_ exits with status 0 even if _groff_ does not.
That's wrong.
$ GROFF_BIN_PATH=./build GROFF_TMAC_PATH=./contrib/mm ./build/mmroff -t -T pdf
68727.mm >| 68727.pdf; echo status=$?
m.tmac:68727.mm:45: error: SETR: references uninitialized; call INITR first
status=0
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