16279 2026-05-11 08:41:06 +0000 AB-INT: groff error: couldn't exec preconv: No such file or directory 2026-11-13 16:07:45 +0000 1 1 7 Build System, Metadata & Runtime OE-Core oe-core other 5.99 x86 Multiple IN PROGRESS IMPLEMENTATION AB-INT Medium+ normal 6.0.9 1 mathieu.dubois-briand jaipaul.cheernam DASIREDDI.SRIKAR jaipaul.cheernam randy.macleod richard.purdie ross.burton yoann.congal --- --- No (bug/feature does not impact docs) oldest_to_newest 105398 0 mathieu.dubois-briand 2026-05-11 08:41:06 +0000 Yet another groff build error: ERROR: groff-native-1.24.1-r0 do_compile: oe_runmake failed ... | /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/qemuriscv64-tc/build/build-st-846305/tmp/work/x86_64-linux/groff-native/1.24.1/sources/groff-1.24.1/groff: error: couldn't exec preconv: No such file or directory | pdfmom: fatal error: /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/qemuriscv64-tc/build/build-st-846305/tmp/work/x86_64-linux/groff-native/1.24.1/sources/groff-1.24.1/test-groff exited with status 16 Previously, we had: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16249 https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16249 105401 1 mathieu.dubois-briand 2026-05-11 08:54:18 +0000 qemuriscv64-tc opensuse160-vk-2 mathieu/master-next completed at 2026-05-08 09:21:49+00:00 https://valkyrie.yocto.io/pub/non-release/20260508-51/testresults/qemuriscv64-tc/ https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/58/builds/1526/steps/13/logs/stdio 105431 2 richard.purdie 2026-05-14 14:27:21 +0000 I think preconv is used wherever something is built using -K to groff, so we need to go through doc/doc.am and add preconv as a dependency where there are commands using -K 105469 3 ross.burton 2026-05-15 12:26:24 +0000 When groff-native was building automake.pdf: | /work/ross/build/tmp/work/aarch64-linux/groff-native/1.24.1/sources/groff-1.24.1/groff: error: couldn't exec pic: No such file or directory I'm thinking we just nuke the doc build from groff-native at least. 105498 4 yoann.congal 2026-05-19 21:52:45 +0000 qemux86-64-ptest debian12-vk-4 wrynose completed at 2026-05-19 16:39:31+00:00 https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/73/builds/3688 106357 5 richard.purdie 2026-07-28 11:30:48 +0000 I suspect https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/commit/?id=9deeb7474b2586eb031e4f00a644aed9ccf8cb19 made this "go away" by building the docs less... 106358 6 richard.purdie 2026-07-28 13:33:09 +0000 Reported several of the issues upstream: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2026-07/msg00076.html 106368 7 richard.purdie 2026-07-29 16:19:01 +0000 With these, the two issues we ran into should be fixed in the next release: https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/groff.git/commit/?id=c9a49a3076b6d699a0e57107a8a2708d5c224d71 https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/groff.git/commit/?id=efd98a8253dfe785932a6c21df6b8a76927b4d9b 106387 8 randy.macleod 2026-07-30 15:05:41 +0000 We are going to wait for the upstream to release a new version. Yoann will backport the commit it comment 5. 107151 9 ross.burton 2026-10-21 15:25:54 +0000 Still waiting a groff 1.25.0 release, -rc3 was made last week so hopefully soon. 107335 10 yoann.congal 2026-11-06 20:57:09 +0000 meta-arm rocky9-vk-2 wrynose completed at 2026-11-06 07:08:39+00:00 https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/75/builds/4811 (In reply to Randy MacLeod from comment #8) > We are going to wait for the upstream to release a new version. > Yoann will backport the commit it comment 5. Doing that now. 107397 11 randy.macleod 2026-11-12 16:02:46 +0000 An upgrade should fix this according to RP. Randy or someone to upgrade on master. 107412 12 randy.macleod 2026-11-12 17:48:53 +0000 Jaipaul has sent an upgrade: https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/249821 IIRC, people say that once merged, it will resolve this bug. It's not clear to me if that upgrade is suitable for 6.0.x. 107416 13 jaipaul.cheernam 2026-11-12 18:07:42 +0000 Here is latest patch for groff upgrade https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/250083 107422 14 yoann.congal 2026-11-13 16:07:45 +0000 (In reply to Randy MacLeod from comment #12) > Jaipaul has sent an upgrade: > https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/249821 > > IIRC, people say that once merged, it will resolve this bug. > It's not clear to me if that upgrade is suitable for 6.0.x. The upgrade is not suitable for stables. For wrynose, the workaround will have to do: groff: build less in groff-native - openembedded-core - OpenEmbedded Core layer https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/commit/?h=wrynose&id=aae9fb271ef20e24b21c9651906c078fb25d1cf4 I think this bug can be considered fixed for stables. What is left is Jaipaul's upgrade on master to close this bug.