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Subject: Re: Build error nasm
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On Wed 02 Mar 2011 at 08:56:25 PST Bernt Hansson wrote:
>Hello list
>
>Trying to build nasm-2.09.04,1
>
>Bails out at
>
>cc -c -O2 -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing -W -Wall -std=c99 -pedantic 
>-DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -o regdis.o regdis.c
>cc  -o ndisasm ndisasm.o disasm.o sync.o nasmlib.o ver.o insnsd.o 
>insnsb.o insnsn.o regs.o regdis.o
>nroff -man nasm.1 > nasm.man
>troff: fatal error: can't find macro file tty-char
>gmake: *** [nasm.man] Fel 1
>*** Error code 1
>
>and if I try man man
>
># man man
>Formatting page, please wait...troff: fatal error: can't find macro file 
>tty-char
>Failed.
>troff: fatal error: can't find macro file tty-char
>
>Don't really know what to do.

I think the file it's looking for is /usr/share/tmac/tty-char.tmac.  

Do you have that on your system and are read permissions set?