Bug 944439

Summary:	games-roguelike/nethack-3.6.7 fails to compile: troff:tmac.n:762: error: cannot load font S for emboldening
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Agostino Sarubbo <ago>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Games <games>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	erhard_f
Priority:	Normal	Keywords:	PATCH
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/issues/1392
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	430702
Attachments:	build.log build.log (ppc64, 3.6.7) fix Guidebook dependency; add col alternative

Description Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2024-11-22 10:12:12 UTC

https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2020/07/04/gentoo-tinderbox/

Issue: games-roguelike/nethack-3.6.7 fails to compile.
Discovered on: amd64 (internal ref: tinderbox_musl)
System: MUSL-SYSTEM (https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Tinderbox/Common_Issues_Helper#MUSL)

Info about the issue:
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Tinderbox/Common_Issues_Helper#CF0014

Comment 1 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2024-11-22 10:12:13 UTC

Created attachment 911512 [details]
build.log

build log and emerge --info

Comment 2 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2024-11-22 10:12:13 UTC

Error(s) that match a know pattern in addition to what has been reported in the summary:


/bin/sh: line 1: ../util/makedefs: No such file or directory
/bin/sh: line 1: col: command not found
troff:tmac.n:762: error: cannot load font 'S' for emboldening

Comment 3 ernsteiswuerfel archtester

2025-03-08 15:29:21 UTC

Created attachment 920368 [details]
build.log (ppc64, 3.6.7)

Comment 4 ernsteiswuerfel archtester

2025-03-09 23:42:03 UTC

The upstream discussion concluded that one part of the problem is that /usr/bin/col is missing.

Turns out /usr/bin/col belongs to sys-apps/util-linux and is built on the glibc profile but _not_ on musl profiles. How's that?

Comment 5 ernsteiswuerfel archtester

2025-03-12 09:46:39 UTC

Created attachment 920605 [details, diff]
fix Guidebook dependency; add col alternative

Fixed by upstream commit: https://github.com/NetHack/NetHack/commit/47b4a956a1a2084a12364546b0544f2e309abf89