From: Xebar Saram <zeltakc@gmail.com>
To: "Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs@gmail.com>, org mode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: make doc fails at PDF: "pdftex exited with bad status"
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 19:59:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOQHXPp4Vjn0FUa-1bi+z8sFdcQ_xOYGPRqe5t+1u_R_PYmBoA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAF-1L2QfvbNO1ntZaSPWgDSXoZGbj93deTv8-78zae+Cc-rUNg@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Alan
i had exactly the same issue that drove me mad
this solved this for me:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=166163
let me know if you need any help!
best
Z.
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Alan E. Davis <lngndvs@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
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