Hi Pierre,

On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 11:01:44 +0100
Pierre Neidhardt <mail@ambrevar.xyz> wrote:

> Nope, the patch does not work for me.
> 
> I applied the patch in the Guix checkout, 
> then
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> $ ./pre-inst-env guix build man-db
> ...
> /gnu/store/1w83i51wvap67kl7gdz51ly3pbbx29dv-man-db-2.8.3
> $ /gnu/store/1w83i51wvap67kl7gdz51ly3pbbx29dv-man-db-2.8.3/bin/man nmcli-examples
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> Still truncated.
> 

Does this include your groff preconv path substitution in man?
Does preconv still segfault?
How can I reproduce this situation?  Is it a guix branch other than master?