Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 16:00:48 -0500 From: Forrest Aldrich <forrie@forrie.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> Subject: Re: Nroff error Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20031111160000.01c1fb50@192.168.1.1> In-Reply-To: <217350000.1068584180@lerlaptop-red.iadfw.net> References: <6.0.0.22.2.20031111152727.01bd8dd8@192.168.1.1> <194310000.1068582748@lerlaptop-red.iadfw.net> <6.0.0.22.2.20031111154329.01be4e70@192.168.1.1> <217350000.1068584180@lerlaptop-red.iadfw.net>
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Yes, I have actually. And this makes it even more mysterious. Check this out: bash-2.05b# truss -o /tmp/truss.out man perl Formatting page, please wait...troff: fatal error: can't find macro file tty-char Done. bash-2.05b# cat /tmp/truss.out bash-2.05b# truss -o /tmp/truss.out man sh bash-2.05b# truss -o /tmp/truss.out man bash I get that error first, then each subsequent returns nothing... and /tmp/truss.out is empty. Forrest At 03:56 PM 11/11/2003, Larry Rosenman wrote: >One idea... > >Have you tried truss(1)'ing the man command to see what files it's looking >for? > >truss -o /tmp/truss.out man xxx > >? > > > >--On Tuesday, November 11, 2003 15:45:11 -0500 Forrest Aldrich ><forrie@forrie.com> wrote: > >>Hi Larry, >> >>I seem to have this file: >> >>-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 5102 Nov 9 22:24 /usr/share/tmac/tty-char.tmac >>-r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1551 Nov 9 22:24 /usr/share/tmac/tty.tmac >> >>This has been a problem for a long time - none of my manpages work at >>all. I've tried reinstalling (makeworld/installworld,e tc) to no avail. >>Also, if I remove /usr/local/share/groff, I get more errors. >> >>So I think something is just plain wrong. I've tested my MANPATH and >>looked at /etc/manpath.config, and don't see problems. >> >>I'm getting to the point where I'm losing time by not having some >>manpages available, etc. >> >> >>Thanks, >>Forrest >> >> >>At 03:32 PM 11/11/2003, you wrote: >> >> >>>--On Tuesday, November 11, 2003 15:28:03 -0500 Forrest Aldrich >>><forrie@forrie.com> wrote: >>> >>>>Can someone explain what this error might be: >>>> >>>>nroff -man nasm.1 > nasm.man >>>>troff: fatal error: can't find macro file tty-char >>>>*** Error code 1 >>>> >>>>Long-standing issue on the system I'm using -- it affects usage of >>>>manpages (they don't work). Can't figure it out... >>>The following file is probably missing (drop the /stable/ from the path): >>> >>>/stable/usr/share/tmac/tty-char.tmac >>> >>>It can (probably) be copied from: >>> >>>/stable/usr/src/contrib/groff/tmac/tty-char.tmac >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>>>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>>>To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>>>"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>>Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler >>>Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org >>>US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 > > > >-- >Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler >Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org >US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 >
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