With newer versions of groff (1.18+), we need to use -c 
so as to filter color output.

Also, change the -Tlatin1 to -Tascii to get rid of '<B7>' 
gremlins and output the normal bullets 'o'.
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44201

--- man-1.5k/configure.orig	2002-12-26 06:23:53.000000000 +0200
+++ man-1.5k/configure	2002-12-26 06:25:14.000000000 +0200
@@ -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="$Fnroff -Tascii -c -mandoc"
     fi
     troff="troff -mandoc"
     echo "Warning: could not find groff"
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@
     then
       nroff="$Fgroff -Tlatin1 -mandoc"
     else
-      nroff="$Fnroff -Tlatin1 -mandoc"
+      nroff="$Fnroff -Tascii -c -mandoc"
     fi
     troff="$Fgroff -Tps -mandoc"
     jnroff="$Fgroff -Tnippon -mandocj"