groff builf quits with a sed-related error

[mahathepavan]

build process for groff quits with the following tail message ...

Making grolbp.n from grolbp.man sed: RE error: illegal byte sequence make[2]: * [grolbp.n] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/Users/CapableMe/dev/playbook-dev-tools/work/groff-1.19.2/src/devices/grolbp' make[1]: * [src/devices/grolbp] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory`/Users/CapableMe/dev/playbook-dev-tools/work/groff-1.19.2' make: *\ [all] Error 2

and configure.rej has the following snippet.

---

* 6699,6711 **

 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $groff_cv_decl_needed_hypot" >&5

echo "${ECHO_T}$groff_cv_decl_needed_hypot" >&6

- if test $groff_cv_decl_needed_hypot = yes; then

• cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF

• define NEED_DECLARATION_HYPOT 1

  - _ACEOF

• fi ac_ext=c ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS' ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5' --- 6699,6711 ----

  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $groff_cv_decl_needed_hypot" >&5 echo "${ECHO_T}$groff_cv_decl_needed_hypot" >&6

• if test $groff_cv_decl_needed_hypot = yes; then

• #

• cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF

• define NEED_DECLARATION_HYPOT 1

• _ACEOF

• #

• fi

  ac_ext=c ac_cpp='$CPP $CPPFLAGS' ac_compile='$CC -c $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS conftest.$ac_ext >&5'

[mordak]

This looks like a groff problem, but could be tied up in something I am doing when we build it. It worked for me on a clean checkout though. Can you post the details of your setup? Particularly what sed you have - sed can be a bit touchy between the different versions.

[dukzcry]

@mahathepavan, if you're experiencing this on OS X, just set LC_ALL=C in your shell prior building.