Re: [groff] infinite loop with groff + mom

[Peter Schaffter]

Ulrich --

On Thu, Nov 23, 2017, Ulrich Lauther wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I process the file below with
> 
>         groff -Tps -k  -mom -P-pa4 test.mom > /tmp/out.ps
> 
> and get
>         test.mom:74: fatal error: input stack limit exceeded (probable 
> infinite loop)
> 
> I get one page of output with center and right part of the footer at the 
> top(!) and left part
> at the bottom.
> 
> I use groff 1.22.3 and mom 2.2
> 
> Do I something totally wrong, or is this a bug in mom?

I'm not seeing this behaviour in your file with version 2.2-a, which
I just patched to fix this very problem (missing .mk request in
PRINT_FOOTER).  Have you updated?  The patched version is in the
repo and in the tarball on mom's homepage.

Cheers.

-- 
Peter Schaffter
http://www.schaffter.ca