build conflict with texlive-latex-base (Ubuntu 11.10)

[killerswan]

I've found that with Ubuntu 11.10's texlive-latex-base package installed, I can't make.

$ make
cfg: shell host triple x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
cfg: non host triples 
cfg: host for x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu is x86_64
cfg: unix-y environment
cfg: using gcc
cfg: no llnextgen found, omitting grammar-verification
pdflatex: doc/rust.pdf
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009/Debian)
entering extended mode
make: *** [doc/rust.pdf] Error 1

After removing it and reconfiguring, things are OK again...

[lht]

Works for me on Ubuntu 12.04

$ apt-cache policy texlive-latex-base
texlive-latex-base:
  Installed: 2009-15
  Candidate: 2009-15

[killerswan]

That's a newer version than in 11.10, apparently:

$ apt-cache policy texlive-latex-base
texlive-latex-base:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2009-13
  Version table:
     2009-13 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ oneiric/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

This is actually working for you after running ./configure again after installing texlive-latex-base, right? Good to see that this conflict may fix itself.

[graydon]

Sorry, can you clarify:

• Why it's breaking (the error when the failing make-command invokes tex; track this via VERBOSE=1 make)
• Which version of TeX we have to consider a requirement, if any?

Thanks.

[killerswan]

Specifically, this is the error (more):

/usr/bin/pdflatex \
        -interaction=batchmode \
        -output-directory=doc \
        doc/rust.tex
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009/Debian)
entering extended mode
make: *** [doc/rust.pdf] Error 1

Running that command on its own fails, as well, and there are no PDFs created in the doc folder:

$ /usr/bin/pdflatex -interaction=batchmode -output-directory=doc doc/rust.tex; echo $?
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009/Debian)
entering extended mode
1

This is with pandoc 1.8.1.1 and the rust.tex file here...

[graydon]

If you remove the -interaction=batchmode flag you'll get a ... plausibly more informative, or at least "more verbose" TeX-ese error. Can I get the output from that?

[graydon]

Ping. Can you check provide further details?

[killerswan]

So, I'd forgotten @lht's comment, and upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 (beta2) before coming to read this again. Since I seem to be the only one to have noticed this issue, I'm comfortable just closing this: 12.04 is going to be fully released in just a few days...

Except I have another issue with 12.04. :P There's no obvious error, but although the /doc/rust.pdf is created, it is almost empty! //sigh

[killerswan]

I spoke too soon. Installing node.js (the bog standard version in Ubuntu's repository) fixed that. The docs look fine in 12.04.

[graydon]

Ok. So .. closing this, I guess? Reopen if you feel something's still amiss.

[rbtcollins]

So, I can reproduce this, on Ubuntu 12.10:
/usr/bin/pdflatex -output-directory=doc doc/rust.tex
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.4-1.40.13 (TeX Live 2012/Debian)
restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./doc/rust.tex
LaTeX2e <2011/06/27>
Babel <v3.8m> and hyphenation patterns for english, dumylang, nohyphenation, lo
aded.
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/fontenc.sty
(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/t1enc.def))

! LaTeX Error: File `lmodern.sty' not found.

[rbtcollins]

'apt-set install lmodern' corrects it for me.

[brson]

@rbtcollins That looks like a different error to me so I opened #3989 for it. Thanks!