[Bug 1095075] [NEW] groff: new version available with bug fixes

[Bernd Warken]

Public bug reported:

# lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu 12.10
Release:        12.10

My system kubuntu-12.10 uses groff-1.21.

groff:
  Installed: 1.21-9
  Candidate: 1.21-9
  Version table:
 *** 1.21-9 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

But this is buggy. For example, groffer does not start with this
version. The source packages are:

groff_1.21.orig.tar.gz
groff_1.21-9.debian.tar.gz
groff_1.21-9.dsc

In groff_1.21-9.dsc it is said that

Source: groff
Binary: groff-base, groff
Architecture: any
Version: 1.21-9
Maintainer: Colin Watson <cjwatson at debian.org>
Homepage: http://groff.ffii.org/
Standards-Version: 3.9.1

This homepage is not right. This website is only for the groff development. The main website is
http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/
with the download site
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/

This ftp-site contains the actual version groff-1.22.1.tar.gz
At groff-1.22.1, groffer runs without problems.

Please use groff-1.22.1.

Thanx and all the best for 2013

Bernd Warken
bernd.warken at web.de

** Affects: groff (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  groff: new version available with bug fixes

Status in “groff” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  # lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu 12.10
  Release:        12.10

  My system kubuntu-12.10 uses groff-1.21.

  groff:
    Installed: 1.21-9
    Candidate: 1.21-9
    Version table:
   *** 1.21-9 0
          500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main i386 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  But this is buggy. For example, groffer does not start with this
  version. The source packages are:

  groff_1.21.orig.tar.gz
  groff_1.21-9.debian.tar.gz
  groff_1.21-9.dsc

  In groff_1.21-9.dsc it is said that

  Source: groff
  Binary: groff-base, groff
  Architecture: any
  Version: 1.21-9
  Maintainer: Colin Watson <cjwatson at debian.org>
  Homepage: http://groff.ffii.org/
  Standards-Version: 3.9.1

  This homepage is not right. This website is only for the groff development. The main website is
  http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/
  with the download site
  ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/groff/

  This ftp-site contains the actual version groff-1.22.1.tar.gz
  At groff-1.22.1, groffer runs without problems.

  Please use groff-1.22.1.

  Thanx and all the best for 2013

  Bernd Warken
  bernd.warken at web.de

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