groff @1.21_2 build failure: "fatal error: invalid device `html'"

[faryabib@…]

Sorry for the incomplete earlier posting. I followed your suggestion and installed groff after “sudo port clean groff". Attached is the main.log.

Thanks, Robert

Comment:

The error in the log is:

:info:destroot /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 img/pic* \
:info:destroot
/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_sysutils_groff/groff/work/destroot/opt/local/share/doc/groff-1.21/html/img
:info:destroot install: img/pic*: No such file or directory

However, since this was not a clean build attempt, please "sudo port clean groff", then try again, then attach the new main.log so we can see what really happened.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

In the future, please fill in the Port field.

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

This ticket was filed in reply to comment:ticket:34128:1. In the future please just add a comment to the existing ticket rather than filing a new one.

The first error in the new log seems to be:

:info:build /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_sysutils_groff/groff/work/groff-1.21/src/roff/groff/groff: can't find `DESC' file
:info:build /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_ports_sysutils_groff/groff/work/groff-1.21/src/roff/groff/groff:fatal error: invalid device `html'

I don't know what this means or what to do about it.

[kencu (Ken)]

ancient ticket, groff builds now on most systems.