[bug #64906] libgroff.am: "charset.alias" is created (almost empty) with wrong value of "$HOST"

[G. Branden Robinson]

Update of bug #64906 (project groff):

                Severity:              3 - Normal => 2 - Minor              
                  Status:                    None => Need Info              

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Follow-up Comment #3:


[comment #1 comment #1:]
>   This is still using "config.charset" which should be substituted by
> the GNU GNULIB module "localcharset" (?).
> 
>   Or this is superfluous.
> 
>   The only use of "charset.alias" is in "(un)install_charset_data" which
> installs it and "t-charset.alias".

I think the foregoing are issues that need to be better understood before any
code changes are made.
 
>   Neither of these file is in Debian testing
> "/var/lib/dpkg/info/{groff,groff-base}.*"

That suggests that the file is unnecessary on GNU/Linux platforms.  But others
exist, and _groff_ targets some of them.

We need domain knowledge here, not blind patching.


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