Bug 16249

Summary: AB-INT: groff: error: couldn't exec eqn: No such file or directory
Product: [Build System, Metadata & Runtime] OE-Core Reporter: Mathieu Dubois-Briand <mathieu.dubois-briand>
Component: oe-core otherAssignee: Unassigned <unassigned>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: Medium CC: randy.macleod, richard.purdie
Version: 5.99   
Target Milestone: 6.1   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Multiple   
Whiteboard: AB-INT
OS type for building Yocto: --- Type of Regression: ---
Verified: Documentation change: No (bug/feature does not impact docs)

Description Mathieu Dubois-Briand 2026-04-16 07:02:34 UTC 
Groff build failure on the autobuilder.

ERROR: groff-native-1.24.0-r0 do_compile: Execution of '/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/genericx86-64-alt/build/build/tmp/work/x86_64-linux/groff-native/1.24.0/temp/run.do_compile.1488651' failed with exit code 1
...
| /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/genericx86-64-alt/build/build/tmp/work/x86_64-linux/groff-native/1.24.0/sources/groff-1.24.0/groff: error: couldn't exec eqn: No such file or directory
| pdfmom: fatal error: /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/genericx86-64-alt/build/build/tmp/work/x86_64-linux/groff-native/1.24.0/sources/groff-1.24.0/test-groff exited with status 24
| make[2]: *** [Makefile:19256: doc/automake.pdf] Error 1
| make[2]: *** Deleting file 'doc/automake.pdf'
| make[2]: Leaving directory '/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/genericx86-64-alt/build/build/tmp/work/x86_64-linux/groff-native/1.24.0/sources/groff-1.24.0'
| make[1]: *** [Makefile:13325: all-recursive] Error 1
| make[1]: Leaving directory '/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/genericx86-64-alt/build/build/tmp/work/x86_64-linux/groff-native/1.24.0/sources/groff-1.24.0'
| make: *** [Makefile:7587: all] Error 2
| ERROR: oe_runmake failed

Might be similar to https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15610.
Comment 1 Mathieu Dubois-Briand 2026-04-16 07:10:34 UTC 
genericx86-64-alt debian12-vk-6 mathieu/master-next completed at 2026-04-15 12:29:38+00:00
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/93/builds/3590/steps/12/logs/stdio
Comment 2 Richard Purdie 2026-04-16 14:47:38 UTC 
Looks like a makefile race, needs to build eqn before running it
Comment 3 Mathieu Dubois-Briand 2026-04-21 07:08:57 UTC 
genericx86-64-alt alma9-vk-2 master-next&master completed at 2026-04-20 23:38:31+00:00
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/93/builds/3618/steps/13/logs/stdio
Comment 5 Mathieu Dubois-Briand 2026-04-27 08:24:22 UTC 
This failed, while having the "groff: Fix occasional build race failure" commit.

genericx86-64 rocky8-vk-1 mathieu/master-next completed at 2026-04-24 08:05:15+00:00
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/4/builds/3680/steps/13/logs/stdio
Comment 6 Mathieu Dubois-Briand 2026-05-04 08:48:00 UTC 
Now we have:
| /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/qemuarm64-armhost/build/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
| /srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/qemuarm64-armhost/build/build/tmp/work/aarch64-linux/groff-native/1.24.1/sources/groff-1.24.1/groff: error: couldn't exec eqn: Permission denied

qemuarm64-armhost debian13-vk-arm1 master&master-next completed at 2026-05-02 15:57:20+00:00
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/8/builds/3741/steps/16/logs/stdio

musl-qemux86-64 debian12-vk-2 mathieu/master-next completed at 2026-05-03 15:41:29+00:00
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/3/builds/3764/steps/12/logs/stdio

qa-extras2 stream9-vk-1 mathieu/master-next completed at 2026-05-03 16:37:31+00:00
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/26/builds/3676/steps/13/logs/stdio