[Groff] _Unix Text Processing_ Fails to Build.

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi,

I heard from Arnold Robbins, author of GNU's gawk amongst other
things...

> Hi. Is anything happening with the Unix Text Processing book?
> 
> Today, sort of for grins, I extracted the tarball and ran make. I got
> a bunch of errors from eqn and it didn't finish all the way.
> 
> Can someone look at it to see if it can be brought into the present?
> 
> I'm using:
> 
> $ groff --version
> GNU groff version 1.21
> Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> GNU groff comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> You may redistribute copies of groff and its subprograms
> under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
> For more information about these matters, see the file named COPYING.
> 
> called subprograms:
> 
> GNU troff (groff) version 1.21
> GNU grops (groff) version 1.21
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Arnold
> 
> P.S. It's too bad it never got moved forward to talk about groff...
> Thanks!

...and further...

> > > Is anything happening with the Unix Text Processing book?
> >
> > That was a collaborative effort by some of us on the GNU groff
> > mailing list, https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/groff, OK if I
> > forward your email there?
> 
> Sure!  It'd be nice if it at least could be built using current groff
> without errors. 
> 
> If "UTP - The Next Generation" ever gets off the ground, I think it'd
> be great.  I am overloaded both with gawk and real life, but perhaps I
> could help review...

He has a good point.  Larry, have you tried to build it recently, or had
any reports from those who have?

Cheers, Ralph.