[bug #63231] groff-man-pages.utf8.txt: grotty: output above first line discarded

[G. Branden Robinson]

Follow-up Comment #3, bug #63231 (project groff):


[comment #2 comment #2:]
>   This warning popped up on 16th October at 2021 UTC but not at
> 00.47 UTC.

I don't know how that information is supposed to help me troubleshoot your
problem.  How did your working copy change between those two time stamps?
 
>   It depends on the place of the "groff_mdoc.7" file in the input files.

Why is your build constructing the collected man pages in a different order
than the groff master branch?

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/groff.git/tree/doc/doc.am?id=c2e894cf5b42cfdaae48f03476fee24a6103f9c9#n242

https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/groff.git/tree/doc/doc.am?id=c2e894cf5b42cfdaae48f03476fee24a6103f9c9#n259

>   Changing place with the next file, and it does not appear.

I'll see if I can reproduce it with a minor permutation.
 
>   The reported line number is way out of being sensible.
> 
>   The input files contain 65,834 lines.


grotty:<standard input>:(tmac/groff_mdoc.7):352605: error: output above
first line discarded


Pause for a moment and consider what the input to the grotty program is.


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