--- /dev/null
+let the active locale work its magic
+
+http://bugs.gentoo.org/146315
+
+--- man-1.6f/configure
++++ man-1.6f/configure
+@@ -473,9 +473,9 @@
+ then
+ if test $Fnroff = "missing"
+ then
+- nroff="nroff -Tlatin1 -mandoc"
++ nroff="nroff -Tascii -c -mandoc"
+ else
+- nroff="$Fnroff -Tlatin1 -mandoc"
++ nroff="$Fnroff -mandoc"
+ fi
+ troff="troff -mandoc"
+ echo "Warning: could not find groff"
+@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@
+ then
+ nroff="$Fgroff -Tlatin1 -mandoc"
+ else
+- nroff="$Fnroff -Tlatin1 -mandoc"
++ nroff="$Fnroff -mandoc"
+ fi
+ troff="$Fgroff -Tps -mandoc"
+ jnroff="$Fgroff -Tnippon -mandocj"
+