Re: Problem with tmacdir expansion

[Klaus Singvogel]

On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 05:43:11PM +0100, Klaus Singvogel wrote:

> GROFF VERSION: 1.16.1
> MACHINE: "typical" PC-Server: 2x Pentium III 800 Mhz, 2 GB RAM, 2x16 GB HD
> OS: Linux 2.4.0-test11final2 
> COMPILER: gcc-2.95.2
> INPUT FILES: groff-1.16.1/src/include/defs.h
> COMMAND LINE: (it's more a build/compile problem)
> make 'tmacpath=.:$(tmacdir):/usr/share/tmac'
> touch /usr/share/tmac/tmac.xxx
> strace -s 512 -f -F -o /tmp/groff-1.16.1/groff.trc 
> groff-1.16.1/src/roff/groff/groff -mxxx groff-1.16.1/src/roff/groff/groff.man
> grep xxx /tmp/groff-1.16.1/groff.trc
> 
> DESCRIPTION OF INCORRECT BEHAVIOUR:
> The search path of macros was expanded with the make call (see above),
> but the test shows that it expand. If I look into file
>       groff-1.16.1/src/include/defs.h  (attached)
> then I see the line
>       #define MACROPATH ".:/usr/share/groff/tmac:/usr/share/tmac"
> Even more, if I call groff with
>       env GROFF_TMAC_PATH='.:/usr/share/groff/tmac:/usr/share/tmac'
> then I see the open(2) of file /usr/share/tmac/tmac.xxx -- Very strange
> behaviour.
> 
> 
> SUGGESTED FIX [optional]:
> I'm working on it and sent ASAP I know more. But maybe you already have one?


Additional information:
If I use troff instead of groff the modified path is used,
If I use groff or nroff (IMHO a wrapper for troff), then it isn't.

I also set the "#if 0" in groff-1.16.1/src/libs/libgroff/searchpath.cc
to "#if 1" for getting better debug output. It confirms my suspiction
from strace: /usr/sahre/tmac/tmac.xxx is only open'ed by troff, but
not by groff or nroff.

Regards,
        Klaus.
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