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Subject: Re: groff-1.16 & GCC 3.02 broken, groff 1.17.2  & GCC 3.02 okay
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> From: "Andrew Cottrell" <acottrel AT ihug DOT com DOT au>
> Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2001 19:49:12 +1100
> 
> Today I updated to the latest CVS LIBC on my XP box which I now use GCC 3.02
> (with Allegro fix). In checking that all the packages build I found that
> groff-1.16 does not build due to C++ issues.
> 
> I downloaded the latest stable release 1.17.2 from the GNU Groff home page
> and it compiles okay,

IMHO, it's not a good idea to use 1.17, since the HTML device driver
there is completely rewritten, and won't work with DJGPP unless
ported.  Porting it is a non-trivial job.  (Volunteers are welcome,
as always.)  That's the only reason I didn't release a port of 1.17
several months ago, when it hit teh GNU FTP site.

So I think it's better to fix whatever C++ problems you saw in 1.16,
and release an updated port.  That way, we can also make sure Groff
will build with older GCC versions as well (I think I tried 2.95
series at the time).

Perhaps posting the error messages you see in 1.16 would be a good
starting point.