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Date:      Tue, 11 Nov 2003 15:02:49 -0600
From:      Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>
To:        Forrest Aldrich <forrie@forrie.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Nroff error
Message-ID:  <224300000.1068584569@lerlaptop-red.iadfw.net>
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--On Tuesday, November 11, 2003 16:00:48 -0500 Forrest Aldrich=20
<forrie@forrie.com> wrote:

> 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.
try adding the -f flag to trace all the sub processes it creates.


>
>
>
> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> 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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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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