From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Xebar Saram Subject: Re: make doc fails at PDF: "pdftex exited with bad status" Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 19:59:41 +0200 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e89a8ff1ce9e041c8a04e8f3959d Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:46571) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VWrrM-0001pp-2l for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:59:45 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VWrrK-0005uI-Tv for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:59:44 -0400 Received: from mail-oa0-x22e.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c02::22e]:62542) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VWrrK-0005u6-Ou for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:59:42 -0400 Received: by mail-oa0-f46.google.com with SMTP id g12so1915722oah.5 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:59:41 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: 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: "Alan E. Davis" , org mode --e89a8ff1ce9e041c8a04e8f3959d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 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 > --e89a8ff1ce9e041c8a04e8f3959d Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi Alan

i had exactly the same issue th= at drove me mad

this solved this for me:


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On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 7:17 PM, A= lan E. Davis <lngndvs@gmail.com> wrote:
On my Archli= nux 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, 9= 74386 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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