kiely@lownlab.UUCP (James P. Kiely) (10/30/86)
Subject: [nt]roff loops Index: usr.bin/[tn]roff Type: bug Priority: medium Description: Both nroff and troff occasionally get into some kind of weird loop in which they keep eating up cpu time forever but never produce any output. Repeat-By: Run the following: sed -e '/^\.if[ ]t/d' -e 's/^\.if[ ]n[ ]\././' \ /usr/lib/tmac/tmac.an | soelim | nroff - /usr/lib/man/man1/true.1 This causes the loop consistently on a number of machines I have tried. This has been tested on a VAX running 4.2BSD, a VAX running Ultrix, a VAX running 4.3BSD and an Integrated Solutions (68K cpu) running 4.2BSD. -- NAME: James P. Kiely USPS: Lown Cardiovascular Laboratory USENET: ...!harvard!lownlab!kiely Harvard School of Public Health PHONE: +1 617 732 1307 665 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115-9915