Re: [Groff] Eqn trouble in 1.19.2 on a new Mac Pro

[Robert Marks]

To Larry and the others who made suggestions:

Thanks.  After fiddling with CVS unsuccessfully I downloaded the source for
1.19.2 and recompiled on the Mac (Leopard).
Then I replaced the old /usr/bin/eqn with the (much larger) recompiled one.
Success.

I don't know whether this is related to a problem mentioned here three years
ago about a bug in gcc on the Mac, but recompiling work.

How to tell Apple that they're distributing a bugged version of eqn?

Bob
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>Robert Marks wrote:
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>> Never seen anything like this -- suggestions?
>> 
>> Input file testeq:
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>[snip]
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>My suggestion would be to compile groff from CVS and install over the shipped 
>version. The magic incantation on OSX:
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>./configure --mandir=/usr/share/man --prefix=/usr
>make
>sudo make install
>
>The suggestion for CXX=g++2 in the PROBLEMS file applies primarily to 10.2 and 
>maybe 10.3, with PowerPC Macs.
>
>BTW, it's a good idea to keep a copy of /usr/share/groff/site-tmac (and 
>site-font if you use it) in your home directory; when 
>Apple releases groff updates, those directories get reset. Ask me how I know. 
>:-(
>
>-- Larry
>
>

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Robert MARKS, Economics/AGSM,
              ASB, UNSW SYDNEY, NSW 2052,
              Australia
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