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commit 68044217ff549f3a444842bf7cbe7326066da4a2
Author: G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Thu Jul 16 10:26:53 2026 -0500
[pre-grohtml]: Make crappy suggestion less crappy.
* src/preproc/html/pre-html.cpp (main): Make crappy suggestion in
diagnostic reporting pre-grohtml(1) failure a little less crappy.
Prompted by Savannah #68525.
---
ChangeLog | 6 ++++++
src/preproc/html/pre-html.cpp | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7b5182038..8e056b694 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2026-07-16 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
+
+ * src/preproc/html/pre-html.cpp (main): Make crappy suggestion
+ in diagnostic reporting pre-grohtml(1) failure a little less
+ crappy. Prompted by Savannah #68525.
+
2026-07-14 G. Branden Robinson <[email protected]>
* src/roff/troff/env.cpp
diff --git a/src/preproc/html/pre-html.cpp b/src/preproc/html/pre-html.cpp
index 5afcab0da..7b6993db2 100644
--- a/src/preproc/html/pre-html.cpp
+++ b/src/preproc/html/pre-html.cpp
@@ -1863,8 +1863,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
else
if (WEXITSTATUS(wstatus) != 0)
// XXX: This is a crappy suggestion. See Savannah #62673.
- fatal("'%1' exited with status %2; re-run with a different output"
- " driver to see diagnostic messages", argv[0],
+ fatal("'%1' exited with status %2; re-run groff with "
+ IMAGE_DEVICE " (and omit any '-P' postprocessor options)"
+ " to see diagnostic messages", argv[0],
WEXITSTATUS(wstatus));
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
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