Re: [Groff] on MacOSX (was: Odd problem escaping `.')

[Larry Kollar]

Joerg van den Hoff wrote:

> well, MacOS is commercial and they seem to be reluctant to update  
> things like, e.g., rsync or groff as fast as they could [...]

Apple updates it when there's a security-related issue. I install  
groff in /usr/bin, wiping the Apple-supplied version... which means  
that when Apple releases a patch with a groff fix, it wipes *my*  
version. Unfortunately, they erase site-font and site-tmac as well --  
so if you make use of those directories, keep a copy in your home  
directory or somewhere else where it won't get stomped. The upside  
is, Apple generally lets you know when they're updating (i.e.  
replacing) groff in a patch, so you have some fair warning if you  
look at the update info.

But now that I have finally gotten around to using groff for real  
work projects, I find myself a little more reticent to install the  
latest CVS -- even though I made a 1.19.1 package & keep it handy. I  
probably should make a 1.19.2 package too; I'm using a lot of the  
latest stuff (PDF, grohtml) and need more.

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