> the groff man macros do not seem to have page traps?

Only if you produce non-TTY output.  See the groff_man manpage for
details.

> I have a problem in (non-GNU) nroff with the sqlite3 man page which
> uses .cc.

Ouch.  That way madness lies.

> When the page trap is reached errors are occuring.  In the troff
> manual ยง 10.4 it is stated that .cc has to be compatible with macros
> invoked by traps.

Yes.  Consequently, changing `.cc' is nothing a manpage should ever do
by itself.

> So I would say it is not a good idea for a portable man page to use
> .cc?

Correct.


    Werner

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