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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/tbl_layout.c,v
retrieving revision 1.42
retrieving revision 1.43
diff -u -p -r1.42 -r1.43
--- mandoc/tbl_layout.c	2017/06/08 18:11:22	1.42
+++ mandoc/tbl_layout.c	2017/06/13 16:12:01	1.43
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: tbl_layout.c,v 1.42 2017/06/08 18:11:22 schwarze Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: tbl_layout.c,v 1.43 2017/06/13 16:12:01 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
  * Copyright (c) 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -298,6 +298,8 @@ tbl_layout(struct tbl_node *tbl, int ln, const char *p
 				    tbl->parse, ln, pos, NULL);
 				cell_alloc(tbl, tbl->first_row,
 				    TBL_CELL_LEFT);
+				if (tbl->opts.lvert < tbl->first_row->vert)
+					tbl->opts.lvert = tbl->first_row->vert;
 				return;
 			}