Re: groff -Tdvi prints a cryptic error message

[Werner LEMBERG]

> groff -Tdvi prints 2 error messages,
> then proceeds to produce the apparently correct output.
> 
> Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
> groff-1.18.1-20
> 
> Steps to Reproduce:
> $ touch zz.1
> $ groff -Tdvi -mandoc zz.1 > /dev/null
> /usr/share/groff/1.18.1/font/devdvi/M:6: error: bad width for 
> `\x{FFFD}\x{FFFD}'
> troff: warning: can't find font `M'
> /usr/share/groff/1.18.1/font/devdvi/G:6: error: bad width for 
> `\x{FFFD}\x{FFFD}'
> troff: warning: can't find font `G'
> 
> Actual Results:  two errors and two warnings are printed for any input.
> Expected Results:  no errors or warnings should be produced.

This is a bug in the Debian package of groff.  The original groff
bundle doesn't contain support for the two Japanese fonts M and G (it
doesn't contain any support for Japanese, to be precise).


    Werner