URL: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68836>
Summary: [troff] assertion failure when `ftr` request given
invalid first identifier
Group: GNU roff
Submitter: gbranden
Submitted: Mon 26 Oct 2026 03:14:40 AM UTC
Category: Formatter
Severity: 4 - Important
Item Group: Crash/Unresponsive
Status: Confirmed
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: gbranden
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Unlocked
Planned Release: None
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Date: Mon 26 Oct 2026 03:14:40 AM UTC By: G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
$ printf '.ftr \002\n' | ~/groff-1.24.2/bin/groff
troff:<standard input>:1: error: character code 2 is not allowed in an
identifier
troff: ../src/roff/troff/node.cpp:6772: void translate_font(): Assertion
`!from.is_null()' failed.
/home/branden/groff-1.24.2/bin/groff: error: troff: Aborted (core dumped)
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