From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Alan E. Davis" Subject: make doc fails at PDF: "pdftex exited with bad status" Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 09:17:01 -0700 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c264d010726e04e8f227f9 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50917) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VWqGN-0006hp-UN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:17:32 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VWqGJ-0003Gf-8c for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:17:27 -0400 Received: from mail-la0-x22f.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c03::22f]:44968) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VWqGJ-0003GN-15 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:17:23 -0400 Received: by mail-la0-f47.google.com with SMTP id ep20so1708022lab.20 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 09:17:22 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: org-mode --001a11c264d010726e04e8f227f9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On my Archlinux box with up to date texlive, and a newly cloned org-mode installation, "make doc" fails with the following messages: Output written on org.pdf (257 pages, 974386 bytes). Transcript written on org.log. /usr/bin/texi2dvi: pdftex exited with bad status, quitting. make[1]: *** [org.pdf] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/doc/WB/Elisp/org-mode.git/doc' make: *** [pdf] Error 2 This is a recent happening, within approxiately 2 to 3 weeks. I downgraded emacs (also relevant to another recent problem), and re-cloned the git repo. Should I run text2pdf on org.texi, in the doc/ directory, the pdf file is generated cleanly. I assume there is an issue in doc/Makefile. One suspects this issue may involve a recent update of the texlive packages on this system. In doc/Makefile, is a workaround due to a bug in texi2dvi. When I deleted the two lines from doc/Makefile, the same issue seems to exist, but making of org.pdf is skipped, since it already exists: the failure is for orgguide.pdf, in this case. I do not understand makefiles well enough to go any further with this. Alan Davis --001a11c264d010726e04e8f227f9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On my Archlinux box with up to date texlive= , and a newly cloned org-mode installation, "make doc" fails with= the following messages:

Output writ= ten on org.pdf (257 pages, 974386 bytes).
Transcript written on org.log.
/usr/bin/texi2dvi: pdftex exited with bad= status, quitting.
make[1]: *** [org.pdf] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving di= rectory `/home/doc/WB/Elisp/org-mode.git/doc'
make: *** [pdf] Error = 2

This is a recent happening, within approxiately 2 to 3 weeks.=A0 = I downgraded emacs (also relevant to another recent problem), and re-cloned= the git repo.=A0=A0

Should I run text2pdf on org.texi, in th= e doc/ directory, the pdf file is generated cleanly.=A0=A0 I assume there i= s an issue in doc/Makefile.=A0

One suspects this issue may involve a recent update of the texliv= e packages on this system.=A0 In doc/Makefile, is a workaround due to a bug= in texi2dvi.=A0 When I deleted the two lines from doc/Makefile, the same i= ssue seems to exist, but making of org.pdf is skipped, since it already exi= sts: the failure is for orgguide.pdf, in this case.=A0=A0

I do not understand makefiles well enough to go any further with = this.

Alan Davis
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