Re: [Groff] building process stuck when building groff-current using MinGW

[Yu-ning Feng]

2007/9/6, Keith MARSHALL <address@hidden>:
>
> Let me guess; you're using MSYS, and you ignored the advice to steer
> clear of rxvt?  I think I need to assert that more authoritatively, in
> the README.MinGW file, (which I hope you've read).

You are right. I was using MSYS with rxvt. I had read "BUILDING  GROFF
WITH MINGW" carefully, but missed "CAVEATS AND BUGS".

>
> This is a known, and consistently reproducible problem:
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.printing.groff.general/2094
>
> If you update to an MSYS-1.0.11 pre-release snapshot, you can start
> msys.bat with the --norxvt option; for earlier releases, get rid of
> rxvt.exe from the <msys-root>/bin directory, then close and restart
> all open MSYS windows.
>
> For some tips on setting up a native Woe32 console for use with MSYS:
> http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.mingw.msys/3930
>
> HTH,
> Keith.
>

Thanks very much for your help.