Re: Why does groff require psutils?

[G. Branden Robinson]

Hi Alexis,

At 2024-04-08T15:10:55+0200, Alexis (surryhill) wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 04, 2024 at 08:26:44PM -0500, G. Branden Robinson wrote:
> > Alexis, would you like to look into this more deeply, and maybe find a
> > solution that will enable us to use ps2ps after all?
> 
> Of course, Branden. Just to be sure I use the same code-path as you
> did which command(s) did you use to build the HTML versions groff of
> man pages?

Sure thing.  This is the script I use to inspect groff's man pages (and
a couple of other documents) for regressions before each push I do.
It's saved me from embarrassment countless times.

(So naturally I find other ways to embarrass myself.)

To make it fully useful for regression testing, I keep a cached copy of
the files it creates as of my last push, and then diff the cached and
new directories.  But you shouldn't need that additional infrastructure
to reproduce the problem--if in fact you can, and it's not somehow an
artifact of my environment.

Regards,
Branden

harry-manback
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