somehow texi2pdf is trying to pick out an old /usr/share/texmf/tex/texinfo/texinfo.tex
----- Christopher Dimech Administrator General - Naiad Informatics - Gnu Project Society has become too quick to pass judgement and declare someone Persona Non-Grata, the most extreme form of censure a country can bestow. In a new era of destructive authoritarianism, I support Richard Stallman. Times of great crisis are also times of great opportunity. I call upon you to make this struggle yours as well ! https://stallmansupport.org/ https://www.fsf.org/ https://www.gnu.org/ > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 11:09 AM > From: "Christopher Dimech" <dim...@gmx.com> > To: "Gavin Smith" <gavinsmith0...@gmail.com> > Cc: "help-texinfo gnu" <help-texinfo@gnu.org> > Subject: Using a macro makes pdfetex quits and exits with bad status > > > Have tested again, with the problem still occurring with the development > version. > The @ifset and @ifclear commands were removed. > > @usubsec{16D, > Utilisation of Rapid Computations} > > -------- > > texi2pdf 06a-amcoh.texi > This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.18 (TeX Live 2017/Debian) > (preloaded format=pdfetex) > restricted \write18 enabled. > entering extended mode > (./06a-amcoh.texi (/usr/share/texmf/tex/texinfo/texinfo.tex > Loading texinfo [version 2018-01-09.11]: pdf, fonts, markup, glyphs, > page headings, tables, conditionals, indexing, sectioning, toc, environments, > defuns, macros, cross references, insertions, > (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/epsf/epsf.tex > This is `epsf.tex' v2.7.4 <14 February 2011> > ) localization, formatting, and turning on texinfo input format.) > (../mastaba/ramasutra.texi) (./06c-amcoh-rfc.texi) > [1{/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/ > pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}] [-1] (6 @ Ameliorating Waveform Coherency) > Cross reference values unknown; you must run TeX again. [1] [2] [3] [4] > [5] [6] [7] > Overfull \hbox (40.24854pt too wide) detected at line 790 > @smalli U[] @smallrm = [] > [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] > Overfull \hbox (23.94524pt too wide) detected at line 1287 > [] [] > [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] > Underfull \hbox (badness 10000) in paragraph at lines 1719--1722 > @textrm Equipped with the In-ner Prod-uct, the set of Fourier Ba-sis > [18] [19] [20] [21] > Runaway argument? > { > ./06a-amcoh.texi:1958: Paragraph ended before @trim@ was complete. > <to be read again> > @par > <argument> ^^M > Utilisation of Rapid Computations > @eatspaces ...@expandafter @trim@ @expandafter {#1 > } > @value ...value {#1}@else @csname SET#1@endcsname > @fi > @writetocentry ...mp {@write @tocfile {@#1entry{#2 > }{#3}{@lastnode > }{@noexpan... > > @sectionheading ...toctype @sectionlevel }{#1}{#4} > @donoderef {#3}@nobreak > @v... > ... > l.1958 Utilisation of Rapid Computations} > > ? > ./06a-amcoh.texi:1958: Emergency stop. > <to be read again> > @par > <argument> ^^M > Utilisation of Rapid Computations > @eatspaces ...@expandafter @trim@ @expandafter {#1 > } > @value ...value {#1}@else @csname SET#1@endcsname > @fi > @writetocentry ...mp {@write @tocfile {@#1entry{#2 > }{#3}{@lastnode > }{@noexpan... > > @sectionheading ...toctype @sectionlevel }{#1}{#4} > @donoderef {#3}@nobreak > @v... > ... > l.1958 Utilisation of Rapid Computations} > > ./06a-amcoh.texi:1958: ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! > Transcript written on 06a-amcoh.log. > This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.18 (TeX Live 2017/Debian) > (preloaded format=pdfetex) > restricted \write18 enabled. > entering extended mode > > > > Runaway argument? > { > ./06a-amcoh.texi:1958: Paragraph ended before @trim@ was complete. > <to be read again> > @par > <argument> ^^M > Utilisation of Rapid Computations > @eatspaces ...@expandafter @trim@ @expandafter {#1 > } > @value ...value {#1}@else @csname SET#1@endcsname > @fi > @writetocentry ...mp {@write @tocfile {@#1entry{#2 > }{#3}{@lastnode > }{@noexpan... > > @sectionheading ...toctype @sectionlevel }{#1}{#4} > @donoderef {#3}@nobreak > @v... > ... > l.1958 Utilisation of Rapid Computations} > > ? > ./06a-amcoh.texi:1958: Emergency stop. > <to be read again> > @par > <argument> ^^M > Utilisation of Rapid Computations > @eatspaces ...@expandafter @trim@ @expandafter {#1 > } > @value ...value {#1}@else @csname SET#1@endcsname > @fi > @writetocentry ...mp {@write @tocfile {@#1entry{#2 > }{#3}{@lastnode > }{@noexpan... > > @sectionheading ...toctype @sectionlevel }{#1}{#4} > @donoderef {#3}@nobreak > @v... > ... > l.1958 Utilisation of Rapid Computations} > > ./06a-amcoh.texi:1958: ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced! > Transcript written on 06a-amcoh.log. > /usr/local/bin/texi2dvi: pdfetex exited with bad status, quitting. > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2021 at 8:01 AM > > From: "Gavin Smith" <gavinsmith0...@gmail.com> > > To: "Christopher Dimech" <dim...@gmx.com> > > Cc: "help-texinfo gnu" <help-texinfo@gnu.org> > > Subject: Re: Using a macro makes pdfetex quits and exits with bad status > > > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 6:53 PM Christopher Dimech <dim...@gmx.com> wrote: > > > > > > @macro usubsec {label, titl} > > > > > > @set lb \label\ > > > @set tl \titl\ > > > @ifclear usubsec-no-label > > > @unnumberedsubsec @value{lb} @ @value{tl} > > > @end ifclear > > > > > > @ifset usubsec-no-label > > > @unnumberedsubsec @value{tl} > > > @end ifset > > > > > > @end macro > > > > > > > This appears to work OK? > > > > Eli gave you good advice about putting the macro definition inside the > > conditionals rather than the other way around although I don't know if > > that is part of the problem here. > > > > I remember you had problems with newlines in macro arguments before > > but I thought we had fixed them. It wouldn't be surprising if there > > were still problems though. > > > > $ pdfetex test.texi > > This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.18 (TeX Live 2017/Debian) > > (preloaded format=pdfetex) > > restricted \write18 enabled. > > entering extended mode > > (./test.texi (./texinfo.tex Loading texinfo [version 2021-04-25.21]: pdf, > > fonts, glyphs, page headings, tables, conditionals, indexing, sectioning, > > toc, > > environments, defuns, macros, cross references, insertions, (./epsf.tex > > This is `epsf.tex' v2.7.4 <14 February 2011> > > ) localization, formatting, and turning on texinfo input format.) > > [1{/var/lib/t > > exmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}] > > )</usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts > > /type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmbx12.pfb> > > Output written on test.pdf (1 page, 13595 bytes). > > Transcript written on test.log. > > > >
