[Bug 1998031] [NEW] groff can't embed fonts due to version mismatch

[Paul Eggert]

Public bug reported:

I have Ubuntu 22.10 x86-64 running groff-base and groff 1.22.4-8build1.
I also have Ghostscript installed, as the ghostscript and ghostscript-x
9.56.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu3 packages. These are all the default versions for
Ubuntu 22.10 as far as I know.

When I run this shell command:

  printf '%s\n' '.TH zic 8' '.SH NAME' | groff -Tpdf -man -P-e - >x.pdf

I see the following message on stderr:

  Failed to open
'/usr/share/ghostscript/9.55.0/Resource/Font/NimbusRoman-Regular'

This is because the file /usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/download
contains the line:

        Times-Roman
*/usr/share/ghostscript/9.55.0/Resource/Font/NimbusRoman-Regular

but this file does not exist. Instead, the following file does exist:

/usr/share/ghostscript/9.56.1/Resource/Font/NimbusRoman-Regular

Apparently groff is built so that it requires GhostScript 9.55.0, but
Ubuntu 22.10 comes with a later version of GhostScript, which means
groff doesn't work when it wants to embed fonts.

** Affects: groff (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  groff can't embed fonts due to version mismatch

Status in groff package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I have Ubuntu 22.10 x86-64 running groff-base and groff
  1.22.4-8build1. I also have Ghostscript installed, as the ghostscript
  and ghostscript-x 9.56.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu3 packages. These are all the
  default versions for Ubuntu 22.10 as far as I know.

  When I run this shell command:

    printf '%s\n' '.TH zic 8' '.SH NAME' | groff -Tpdf -man -P-e -
  >x.pdf

  I see the following message on stderr:

    Failed to open
  '/usr/share/ghostscript/9.55.0/Resource/Font/NimbusRoman-Regular'

  This is because the file /usr/share/groff/1.22.4/font/devpdf/download
  contains the line:

          Times-Roman
  */usr/share/ghostscript/9.55.0/Resource/Font/NimbusRoman-Regular

  but this file does not exist. Instead, the following file does exist:

  /usr/share/ghostscript/9.56.1/Resource/Font/NimbusRoman-Regular

  Apparently groff is built so that it requires GhostScript 9.55.0, but
  Ubuntu 22.10 comes with a later version of GhostScript, which means
  groff doesn't work when it wants to embed fonts.

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