groffer from 1.18.1.3 doesn't compile

[Matthew Burgess]

Hi,

I get the following when trying to compile groff-1.18.1.3:

make[3]: Entering directory `/sources/groff-1.18.1.3/contrib/groffer'
rm -f groffer;
sed -f  \
            -e "s|@g@||g" \
            -e "s|@BINDIR@|/usr/bin|g" \
            -e "s|@libdir@|/usr/lib|g" \
            -e "s|@VERSION@|1.18.1|g" \
            -e 1s/a/a/ /sources/groff-1.18.1.3/contrib/groffer/groffer.sh 
>groffer;
sed: couldn't open file -e: No such file or directory

The problem seems to be that $(SH_DEPS_SED_SCRIPT) in Makefile.sub 
evaluates to nothing (and I can't see how it could evaluate to anything 
as there are no other instances of that variable, other than in 
Changelog).  This causes the syntax to sed to be invalid as it's 
expecting the name of a script file rather than sed expressions.

Given that, is the correct fix for this to simply replace 'sed -f' with 
'sed' in the above command?  Or is there something deeper going on here 
and SH_DEPS_SED_SCRIPT should actually be set by something?

Regards,

Matt.

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