and it's getting worse... in the previous branch it came through the
build process, but now not even that.

A fragment from the build (on amd64):

menuview.abw
[1]   Abort trap (core dumped) ${ABI_DOC_PROG} ...
menuweb.abw
[1]   Abort trap (core dumped) ${ABI_DOC_PROG} ...
menuwindow.abw
[1]   Abort trap (core dumped) ${ABI_DOC_PROG} ...
rulers.abw
[1]   Abort trap (core dumped) ${ABI_DOC_PROG} ...
toolbarextra.abw
[1]   Abort trap (core dumped) ${ABI_DOC_PROG} ...
toolbarformatting.abw
[1]   Abort trap (core dumped) ${ABI_DOC_PROG} ...
toolbarstandard.abw
[1]   Abort trap (core dumped) ${ABI_DOC_PROG} ...
workspace.abw
[1]   Abort trap (core dumped) ${ABI_DOC_PROG} ...
index.abw
[1]   Abort trap (core dumped) ${ABI_DOC_PROG} ...

-Olaf.
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___ Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert      -- You author it, and I'll reader it.
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