Re: groff -Tdvi prints a cryptic error message

[Sam Steingold]

> * In message <address@hidden>
> * On the subject of "Re: groff -Tdvi prints a cryptic error message"
> * Sent on Tue, 22 Apr 2003 17:12:50 +0200 (CEST)
> * Honorable Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > 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.

this is RH, not debian

> 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).

the file is empty, there are no Japanese characters there.
why the error?
this error is not signaled with -Tps or -Tascii or -Thtml.

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