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commit 79eefbcb0b73bb7f266acf0470655ab543585139
Author: Deri James <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Fri Apr 24 16:09:37 2026 +0100
[pdfmom]: Don't try to pass commands to pdfroff (-Tps) if
pdfroff is not installed.
* src/devices/gropdf/pdfmom.pl: Check if pdfroff is available
before using it. (Withdrawn from groff since 1.24.0)
See: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68207>
---
ChangeLog | 10 ++++++++++
src/devices/gropdf/pdfmom.pl | 4 +++-
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 17c08f2ce..d0f51d677 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2026-04-24 Deri James <[email protected]>
+
+ [pdfmom]: Don't try to pass commands to pdfroff (-Tps) if
+ pdfroff is not installed.
+
+ * src/devices/gropdf/pdfmom.pl: Check if pdfroff is available
+ before using it. (Withdrawn from groff since 1.24.0)
+
+ See: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68207>
+
2026-04-21 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
[troff]: Throw warning in category "style" when nilpotent brace
diff --git a/src/devices/gropdf/pdfmom.pl b/src/devices/gropdf/pdfmom.pl
index 5511b12e2..afecc98e5 100644
--- a/src/devices/gropdf/pdfmom.pl
+++ b/src/devices/gropdf/pdfmom.pl
@@ -206,7 +206,9 @@ if ($dev eq 'pdf')
}
elsif ($dev eq 'ps')
{
- $waitstatus = system("$groff -Tpdf -dLABEL.REFS=1 $mom -z $cmdstring
2>&1 | LC_ALL=C grep '^\\. *ds' | pdfroff -mpdfmark $mom --no-toc - $preconv
$cmdstring");
+ my $pdfroff=`which pdfroff 2>/dev/null`;
+ abort("Since version 1.24.0 of groff, the pdfmark files (including
pdfroff)\nare no longer included with groff. They can be seprately downloaded
from:-\n\nhttps://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/groff-pdfmark\n\n";) if !$pdfroff;
+ $waitstatus = system("$groff -Tpdf -dLABEL.REFS=1 $mom -z $cmdstring
2>&1 | LC_ALL=C grep '^\\. *ds' | $pdfroff -mpdfmark $mom --no-toc - $preconv
$cmdstring");
abort(autopsy($?)) unless $waitstatus == 0;
}
elsif ($dev eq '-z') # pseudo dev - just compile for warnings
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