URL: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68819>
Summary: [troff] assertion failure when `chop` request given
invalid identifier
Group: GNU roff
Submitter: gbranden
Submitted: Thu 22 Oct 2026 03:55:44 PM 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: Thu 22 Oct 2026 03:55:44 PM UTC By: G. Branden Robinson <gbranden>
$ printf '.chop \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/input.cpp:5690: void chop_macro(): Assertion `s != 0'
failed.
/home/branden/groff-1.24.2/bin/groff: error: troff: Aborted (core dumped)
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