Hi Dave, At 2025-03-12T23:31:13-0500, Dave Kemper wrote: > > $ groff -ms /tmp/sample.groff > /tmp/sample.ps > > > > troff: fatal error: can't find macro file s > > This suggests something installed incorrectly on your system. What > type of system are you on? Does it have a > /usr/share/groff/current/tmac directory? This is a common location > where tmac files are installed, including s.tmac, the file that SHOULD > be loaded with the "-ms" flag.
This may be due to distribution packages subsetting groff. For instance in Debian (thus Ubuntu et al.), the "groff-base" 1.22.4 package does not ship the "s.tmac" file. $ dpkg -L groff-base | grep -F /s.tmac || echo NO MATCH NO MATCH ...but the "groff" package does. $ dpkg -L groff | grep -F /s.tmac || echo NO MATCH /usr/share/groff/1.22.4/tmac/s.tmac Regards, Branden
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