Hi,
G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> groff 1.25.0 release candidate 1, 1.25.0.rc1
Trying to build it on Ubuntu 26.04 fails within the "make check" pass:
make[3]: Entering directory '/build/groff-1.25.0.rc1/build-64'
GEN doc/groff.dvi
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.28 (TeX Live 2025/Debian)
(preloaded format=etex)
restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(../../../../../doc/groff.dvi.t2d/doc!groff.t2d/dvi/src/groff.texi
(/build/groff-1.25.0.rc1/build-aux/texinfo.tex
Loading texinfo [version 2026-06-14.21]: pdf, fonts, glyphs, page headings,
tables, conditionals, indexing, sectioning, toc, environments, defuns, macros,
cross references, insertions, localization, formatting, microtype,
and turning on texinfo input format.) (/usr/share/texmf/tex/texinfo/txi-en.tex)
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[4] l.963: Undefined cross reference `Line Layout-pg'. Chapter 2 [5] [6]
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l.6526: Undefined cross reference `Register Index-pg'.
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[78] l.7823: Undefined cross reference `Line Layout-pg'.
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l.8047: Undefined cross reference `Using Fractional Type Sizes-pg'.
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l.9293: Undefined cross reference `Other Differences-pg'.
l.9323: Undefined cross reference `Device and Font Description Files-pg'.
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l.10916: Undefined cross reference `End-of-input Traps-pg'.
l.10982: Undefined cross reference `Environments-pg'.
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l.10996: Undefined cross reference `Line Layout-pg'.
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l.12481: Undefined cross reference `Diversions-pg'. [124]
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l.12636: Undefined cross reference `Environments-pg'.
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../../../../../doc/groff.dvi.t2d/doc!groff.t2d/dvi/src/groff.texi:13156: epsf.t
ex not found, images will be ignored.
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@global @warnednoepsftrue ...
<argument> ...ayout,4in,,line layout diagram,.png}
@unskip @hfil
@centersub ...enalty @fi @line {@kern @leftskip #1
@kern @rightskip }
@\center ...{@hfil @ignorespaces #1@unskip @hfil }
@let @centersub @relax
l.13156 ...e-layout,4in,,line layout diagram,.png}
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../../../../../doc/groff.dvi.t2d/doc!groff.t2d/dvi/src/groff.texi:13156: Emerge
ncy stop.
@@image:impl ...not found, images will be ignored}
@global @warnednoepsftrue ...
<argument> ...ayout,4in,,line layout diagram,.png}
@unskip @hfil
@centersub ...enalty @fi @line {@kern @leftskip #1
@kern @rightskip }
@\center ...{@hfil @ignorespaces #1@unskip @hfil }
@let @centersub @relax
l.13156 ...e-layout,4in,,line layout diagram,.png}
Output written on groff.dvi (136 pages, 426664 bytes).
Transcript written on groff.log.
/usr/bin/texi2dvi: etex exited with bad status, quitting.
make[3]: *** [Makefile:20018: doc/groff.dvi] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory '/build/groff-1.25.0.rc1/build-64'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:16316: check-am] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/build/groff-1.25.0.rc1/build-64'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:13314: check-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/build/groff-1.25.0.rc1/build-64'
make: *** [Makefile:16319: check] Error 2
My recommendation regarding epsf.tex is to take it from Gnulib, as described
in https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bison/2025-07/msg00004.html .
Bruno
