Re: [bug #60604] m4/groff.m4: GROFF_URW_FONTS_CHECK: stale URL

[Deri]

On Sunday, 16 May 2021 02:37:26 BST G. Branden Robinson wrote:

> One will also likely get the squawkage discussed in this ticket.

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> configure:

>   No URW fonts in Type 1/PFB format were found on your system; URW font

>   generation for groff's 'gropdf' output driver will not work properly.

>   You can obtain the URW base 35 fonts from their GitHub project.

Some distributions distribute the URW fonts separately from ghostscript. In fact the fonts included in the ghostscript package have their own font files (without .afms). This is why gropdf attempts to set up a "U" foundry looking for the real URW fonts and building groff fonts which includes all the glyphs available in the URW fonts.