2007/9/10, Werner LEMBERG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I removed the groff-current source directory, extracted the package, > > and maked again. I discovered something interesting. At first make, > > make stopped much earlier. > > Indeed. It stops with a very mysterious error not related to groff at > all. Is it possible that your netpbm package is broken, containing a > bad `pnmtopng' executable? Can you call this program successfully at > all?
In msys, if I run it with some option, say --version, it gives me correct result, but error if no option. If I run it in cmd.exe, with no option, it starts a new line and waits for input. > > > "make clean". Maked again, things were different - it went on, > > Because the call with pnmtopng produced an (invalid) gnu.png output > file which is not be removed by a `make clean' but by `make distclean' > only -- gnu.png is normally part of the tarball, not to be created by > a normal build. > I see. There is indeed a gnu.png whose size is zero. > > tbl went wrong at "mixed_pickles" just as described before. Note > > that pdfmark was ok this time. > > You can test that manually: Simply say > > tbl < mixed_pickles.roff > mixed_pickles.tbl > > and check whether this call runs successful. Otherwise, please use > gdb to produce a backtrace. > The call fails, triggering that pop-up window. I only have some experience with kd, so please guide me how to do it using gdb, thanks. > > Werner > -- Yu-ning Feng
