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commit 4201c8d10650c64823fdc423db4ff66174f9b0d6
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Jan 25 17:12:09 2026 -0600
[build]: Add "--without-urw-fonts" option (1/2).
* m4/groff.m4 (GROFF_URW_FONTS_SUPPORT): New Autoconf macro creates a
"with" configuration option, permitting the host environment to easily
switch off the search for URW fonts and defeat all of the consequent
features without the "configure" script issuing a lengthy warning
about failure to find the aforementioned fonts. New shell variable
`urwfontsupport` indicates the configuration's desired status (which
still defaults on).
(GROFF_URW_FONTS_CHECK): Add dependency on the foregoing macro.
Initialize `urwfontsdir` shell variable to empty unconditionally,
permitting it to be updated later if the URW font feature isn't
disabled. Nest most of the work of this macro inside a conditional on
`urwfontsupprt`. Continue to unconditionally populate and
`AC_SUBST`-itute `groff_have_urw_fonts` and `urwfontsdir`, because
"configure.ac", "test-mom.sh.in", "mom.am", "font/devpdf/Foundry.in",
"devpdf.am", and "check-urw-foundry.sh.in" variously rely on them to
behave appropriately for the configuration.
NEWS: Add item.
This commit omits an indentation update to clarify the change in flow of
control.
---
ChangeLog | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
NEWS | 8 ++++++++
configure.ac | 3 ++-
m4/groff.m4 | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
4 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6f992f649..6672d4b54 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+2026-01-25 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
+
+ * m4/groff.m4 (GROFF_URW_FONTS_SUPPORT): New Autoconf macro
+ creates a "with" configuration option, permitting the host
+ environment to easily switch off the search for URW fonts and
+ defeat all of the consequent features without the "configure"
+ script issuing a lengthy warning about failure to find the
+ aforementioned fonts. New shell variable `urwfontsupport`
+ indicates the configuration's desired status (which still
+ defaults on).
+ (GROFF_URW_FONTS_CHECK): Add dependency on the foregoing macro.
+ Initialize `urwfontsdir` shell variable to empty
+ unconditionally, permitting it to be updated later if the URW
+ font feature isn't disabled. Nest most of the work of this
+ macro inside a conditional on `urwfontsupprt`. Continue to
+ unconditionally populate and `AC_SUBST`-itute
+ `groff_have_urw_fonts` and `urwfontsdir`, because
+ "configure.ac", "test-mom.sh.in", "mom.am",
+ "font/devpdf/Foundry.in", "devpdf.am", and
+ "check-urw-foundry.sh.in" variously rely on them to behave
+ appropriately for the configuration.
+
2026-01-24 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
* doc/doc.am: Update `DOC_SED` macro to also perform substituion
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d9e72ab26..4107f1dc9 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -932,6 +932,14 @@ Miscellaneous
made its determination. Any existing "/etc/papersize" file is one of
the resources it consults.
+* groff's "configure" script now supports a "--without-urw-fonts"
+ option, for use on systems where the URW replacement fonts for
+ PostScript and PDF standard fonts are unavailable or not desired. It
+ also silences the lengthy warning the script issues when these fonts
+ and their metric files are not found. Configuring without URW font
+ support reduces the gropdf(1) output driver's functionality; see
+ subsection "URW font support" of that man page for details.
+
* You can now specify any paper format you like--including the file
specification "/etc/papersize" for systems using "libpaper"--as the
default that the groff build writes to generated device description
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9c7941a98..fcbb65f6e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ GROFF_TRADITIONAL_CPP
# checks for operating system services
GROFF_WCOREFLAG
-# URW fonts extra dir
+# URW fonts support and location
+GROFF_URW_FONTS_SUPPORT
GROFF_URW_FONTS_PATH
# use groff's own malloc-based allocator for C++ new/delete operators
diff --git a/m4/groff.m4 b/m4/groff.m4
index a434b6890..940bb580e 100644
--- a/m4/groff.m4
+++ b/m4/groff.m4
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# Autoconf macros for groff
#
# Copyright 1989-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-# 2021-2024 G. Branden Robinson
+# 2021-2026 G. Branden Robinson
#
# This file is part of groff, the GNU roff typesetting system.
#
@@ -318,7 +318,16 @@ AC_DEFUN([GROFF_GROPDF_PROGRAM_NOTICE], [
fi
])
-# Make URW font directory configurable.
+# Make URW font support configurable.
+
+AC_DEFUN([GROFF_URW_FONTS_SUPPORT], [
+ AC_ARG_WITH([urw-fonts],
+ [AS_HELP_STRING([--without-urw-fonts],
+ [disable support for URW fonts])],
+ [urwfontsupport="$withval"])
+])
+
+# Make URW font directory location configurable.
AC_DEFUN([GROFF_URW_FONTS_PATH], [
AC_ARG_WITH([urw-fonts-dir],
@@ -336,9 +345,13 @@ AC_DEFUN([GROFF_URW_FONTS_PATH], [
# font/devpdf (along with groff's EURO font).
AC_DEFUN([GROFF_URW_FONTS_CHECK], [
+ AC_REQUIRE([GROFF_URW_FONTS_SUPPORT])
AC_REQUIRE([GROFF_URW_FONTS_PATH])
AC_REQUIRE([GROFF_GHOSTSCRIPT_PATH])
groff_have_urw_fonts=no
+ urwfontsdir=
+ if test "$urwfontsupport" != no
+ then
AC_MSG_CHECKING([for URW fonts in Type 1/PFB format])
dnl Keep this list in sync with font/devpdf/Foundry.in.
@@ -383,13 +396,14 @@ dnl entry in font/devpdf/util/BuildFoundries.pl.
AC_MSG_RESULT([none found])
urwfontsdir=
fi
+ fi
AC_SUBST([groff_have_urw_fonts])
AC_SUBST(urwfontsdir)
])
AC_DEFUN([GROFF_URW_FONTS_NOTICE], [
- if test "$groff_have_urw_fonts" = no
+ if test "$urwfontsupport" = yes && test "$groff_have_urw_fonts" = no
then
gs_verbiage=
if test "$GHOSTSCRIPT" != missing
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