let the active locale work its magic http://bugs.gentoo.org/146315 http://bugs.gentoo.org/259176 --- man-1.6f/configure +++ man-1.6f/configure @@ -473,9 +473,9 @@ then if test $Fnroff = "missing" then - nroff="nroff -Tlatin1 -mandoc" + nroff="nroff -Tascii -c -mandoc" else - nroff="$Fnroff -Tlatin1 -mandoc" + nroff="$Fnroff -mandoc" fi troff="troff -mandoc" echo "Warning: could not find groff" @@ -484,9 +484,9 @@ then nroff="$Fgroff -Tlatin1 -mandoc" else - nroff="$Fnroff -Tlatin1 -mandoc" + nroff="$Fnroff -mandoc -- -k" fi - troff="$Fgroff -Tps -mandoc" + troff="$Fgroff -Tps -mandoc -k" jnroff="$Fgroff -Tnippon -mandocj" fi eqn="$Fgeqn -Tps"