On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 05:17:36PM -0500, Larry Kollar wrote: > > Robert Marks wrote: > > > Never seen anything like this -- suggestions? > > > > Input file testeq: > > [snip] > > My suggestion would be to compile groff from CVS and install over the shipped > version. The magic incantation on OSX: > > ./configure --mandir=/usr/share/man --prefix=/usr > make > sudo make install
is this really a good idea? I'd rather put it out of harms (a.k.a. OS updates) way, i.e. in a separate tree which is put before /usr/bin in the search path (I use `--prefix=/soft', since `/usr/local' seems not quite what it should be (strictly local and left alone by the OS) under MacOS..). > > The suggestion for CXX=g++2 in the PROBLEMS file applies primarily to 10.2 > and maybe 10.3, with PowerPC Macs. > > BTW, it's a good idea to keep a copy of /usr/share/groff/site-tmac (and > site-font if you use it) in your home directory; when > Apple releases groff updates, those directories get reset. Ask me how I know. > :-( same thing: I would'nt put it in /usr in the first place in order to avoid these problems. > > -- Larry > all the best, joerg
