[Bug 484801] Re: groff -Tdvi prints a cryptic error message

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** Changed in: groff (Debian)
       Status: Unknown => Fix Released

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Title:
  groff -Tdvi prints a cryptic error message

Status in “groff” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “groff” package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: groff

  Description:    Ubuntu 9.04
  Release:        9.04
  Package: groff
  State: installed
  Automatically installed: yes
  Version: 1.18.1.1-22build1

  "groff -Tdvi" prints 2 errors and 2 warnings on every invocation:

  $ touch zz.1
  $ groff -Tdvi -mandoc zz.1 > /dev/null
  /usr/share/groff/1.18.1/font/devdvi/M:6: error: bad width for `��'
  troff: warning: can't find font `M'
  /usr/share/groff/1.18.1/font/devdvi/G:6: error: bad width for `��'
  troff: warning: can't find font `G'
  $

  this is a debian packaging bug, not an upstream bug, see
  <http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.printing.groff.bugs/1355>
  <http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.printing.groff.bugs/1357>

  see also
  <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=89210>

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