flashrom(8): HTML preview using ManPageRenderer failed

[Ivan Shmakov]

The flashrom(8) revision currently in trunk fails HTML
    conversion:

--cut: http://www.flashrom.org/trac/flashrom/browser/trunk/flashrom.8 --
    Warning: HTML preview using ManPageRenderer failed (Exception:
    Running (/usr/bin/groff -Thtml -P -r -P -l -mandoc ) failed: 0,
    <standard input>:566: warning [p 1, 86.8i]: cannot adjust line .)
--cut: http://www.flashrom.org/trac/flashrom/browser/trunk/flashrom.8 --

It seems that the regression is due to r1437 [1], as r1412 [2]
    renders without an error.

[1] http://www.flashrom.org/trac/flashrom/browser/trunk/flashrom.8?rev=1437
[2] http://www.flashrom.org/trac/flashrom/browser/trunk/flashrom.8?rev=1412

[Stefan Tauner]

On Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:14:30 +0700
Ivan Shmakov  wrote:
> The flashrom(8) revision currently in trunk fails HTML
>    conversion:
>
> --cut: http://www.flashrom.org/trac/flashrom/browser/trunk/flashrom.8 --
>     Warning: HTML preview using ManPageRenderer failed (Exception:
>     Running (/usr/bin/groff -Thtml -P -r -P -l -mandoc ) failed: 0,
>     <standard input>:566: warning [p 1, 86.8i]: cannot adjust line .)
> --cut: http://www.flashrom.org/trac/flashrom/browser/trunk/flashrom.8 --
>
> It seems that the regression is due to r1437 [1], as r1412 [2]
>    renders without an error.
>
> [1] http://www.flashrom.org/trac/flashrom/browser/trunk/flashrom.8?rev=1437
> [2] http://www.flashrom.org/trac/flashrom/browser/trunk/flashrom.8?rev=1412

hello ivan and thanks for the detailed analysis.
afaics this is a bug in the groff version used. it seems it cant cope
with this line:
.BR "http://www.xilinx.com/itp/xilinx4/data/docs/pac/appendixb.html " .
although a very similar one is working correctly just 2 lines above it
and the version of groff on my desktop works too.
i dont have access to the server so i cant investigate further than
you. from flashrom's point of view this is a WONTFIX imo, but i have
CCed stefan reinauer, which administers the server and might be able to
look into it. stefan: can groff be updated on that machine? i guess
that would be the easiest solution...

flashrom(8): HTML preview using ManPageRenderer failed

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Stefan Tauner  [120209 11:13]:
> afaics this is a bug in the groff version used. it seems it cant cope
> with this line:
> .BR "http://www.xilinx.com/itp/xilinx4/data/docs/pac/appendixb.html " .
> although a very similar one is working correctly just 2 lines above it
> and the version of groff on my desktop works too.
> i dont have access to the server so i cant investigate further than
> you. from flashrom's point of view this is a WONTFIX imo, but i have
> CCed stefan reinauer, which administers the server and might be able to
> look into it. stefan: can groff be updated on that machine? i guess
> that would be the easiest solution...

I updated groff to 1.21

Stefan