> Sent: Friday, June 25, 2021 at 8:54 AM > From: "Gavin Smith" <gavinsmith0...@gmail.com> > To: "Christopher Dimech" <dim...@gmx.com> > Cc: help-texinfo@gnu.org > Subject: Re: Using a macro makes pdfetex quits and exits with bad status > > I don't appreciate your comparing me with other posters to this list; it's > tiring and means I have less patience for responding to your queries. The > other posters have tried to help you and you should be grateful. > > Comments below. > > On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 10:05:24PM +0200, Christopher Dimech wrote: > > > > Let't try again > > > > This is what I have done > > > > 2001 cd /home/hagbard/Admir/source/texinfo > > 2002 ls > > 2003 rm configure > > 2004 ./autogen.sh > > > > 2000 cd /home/hagbard/Admir/build/texinfo > > 2001 ../../source/texinfo/configure > > 2002 make > > 2003 sudo make install > > > > Then I did > > > > sudo make TEXMF=/usr/local/share/texmf install-tex > > This looks all correct. > > > Here is the consequence > > > > sudo make TEXMF=/usr/local/share/texmf install-tex > > cd doc && make TEXMF=/usr/local/share/texmf install-tex > > make[1]: Entering directory '/home/hagbard/Admir/build/texinfo/doc' > > test -n "/usr/local/share/texmf" || (echo "TEXMF must be set." >&2; exit 1) > > /bin/bash /home/hagbard/Admir/source/texinfo/build-aux/install-sh -d > > /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/texinfo /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/epsf > > /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ../../../source/texinfo/doc/texinfo.tex > > /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/texinfo/texinfo.tex > > /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ../../../source/texinfo/doc/texinfo-ja.tex > > /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/texinfo/texinfo-ja.tex > > /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ../../../source/texinfo/doc/epsf.tex > > /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/epsf/epsf.tex > > for f in txi-ca.tex txi-cs.tex txi-de.tex txi-en.tex txi-es.tex txi-fi.tex > > txi-fr.tex txi-hu.tex txi-is.tex txi-it.tex txi-ja.tex txi-nb.tex > > txi-nl.tex txi-nn.tex txi-pl.tex txi-pt.tex txi-ru.tex txi-sr.tex > > txi-tr.tex txi-uk.tex; do \ > > /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 ../../../source/texinfo/doc/$f > > /usr/local/share/texmf/tex/texinfo/$f; done > > make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/hagbard/Admir/build/texinfo/doc' > > > > Finally I run texi2pdf, > > > > hagbard@fuckup: > > + ~/01cuneus/tdr/06ch > > texi2pdf 06a-amcoh.texi > > /usr/local/bin/texi2dvi: texinfo.tex appears to be broken. > > This may be due to the environment variable TEX set to something > > other than (plain) tex, a corrupt texinfo.tex file, or > > to tex itself simply not working. > > This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.18 (TeX Live 2017/Debian) > > (preloaded format=etex) > > restricted \write18 enabled. > > entering extended mode > > (./txiversion.tex > > ! I can't find file `texinfo.tex'. > > l.1 \input texinfo.tex > > @bye > > (Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit) > > Please type another input file name: > > ! Emergency stop. > > l.1 \input texinfo.tex > > @bye > > No pages of output. > > Transcript written on txiversion.log. > > /usr/local/bin/texi2dvi: quitting. > > The first thing I would do is run > > pdfetex 06a-amcoh.texi > > and see if the same error occurs.
Error Occurs hagbard@fuckup: + ~/01cuneus/tdr/06ch pdfetex 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 ! I can't find file `texinfo'. l.2 \input texinfo (Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit) Please type another input file name: q (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/q.tex File ignored > If it does, you need to investigate > TeX's search list for files. You could try running > > export TEXINPUTS=/usr/local/share/texmf:$TEXINPUTS > > and running pdfetex again. See Info node "(kpathsea)Path sources". Still a problem after running pdfetex again. hagbard@fuckup: + ~/01cuneus/tdr/06ch export TEXINPUTS=/usr/local/share/texmf:$TEXINPUTS hagbard@fuckup: + ~/01cuneus/tdr/06ch pdfetex 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 ! I can't find file `texinfo'. l.2 \input texinfo (Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit) Please type another input file name: q (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/q.tex File ignored > Apparently you can also run > > KPATHSEA_DEBUG=32 pdfetex 06a-amcoh.texi > > to get more information on where files are sought. hagbard@fuckup: + ~/01cuneus/tdr/06ch KPATHSEA_DEBUG=32 pdfetex 06a-amcoh.texi kdebug:start search(file=texmf.cnf, must_exist=1, find_all=1, path=/etc/texmf/web2c:/usr/local/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/share/texmf/web2c:/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c://share/texmf/web2c). kdebug:start search(files=[ls-r ls-R], must_exist=1, find_all=1, path=/usr/local/share/texmf:/var/lib/texmf:/usr/share/texmf:/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist). kdebug:search([ls-r ls-R]) => /var/lib/texmf/ls-R /usr/share/texmf/ls-R /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R kdebug:start search(file=aliases, must_exist=1, find_all=1, path=/usr/local/share/texmf:/var/lib/texmf:/usr/share/texmf:/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist). kdebug:search(aliases) => kdebug:kpse_find_file: searching for 06a-amcoh.texi of type tex (from TEXINPUTS environment variable) kdebug:start search(files=[06a-amcoh.texi.tex 06a-amcoh.texi], must_exist=0, find_all=0, path=/usr/local/share/texmf:/usr/local/share/texmf:.:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/tex/plain//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/tex/plain//:/home/hagbard/texmf/tex/plain//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/plain//:/etc/texmf/tex/plain//:!!/var/lib/texmf/tex/plain//:!!/usr/share/texmf/tex/plain//:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/tex/generic//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/tex/generic//:/home/hagbard/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/generic//:/etc/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/var/lib/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/tex///:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/tex///:/home/hagbard/texmf/tex///:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/tex///:/etc/texmf/tex///:!!/var/lib/texmf/tex///:!!/usr/share/texmf/tex///:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex///). kdebug:search([06a-amcoh.texi.tex 06a-amcoh.texi]) => ./06a-amcoh.texi This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.18 (TeX Live 2017/Debian) (preloaded format=pdfetex) restricted \write18 enabled. kdebug:kpse_find_file: searching for pdfetex.fmt of type fmt (from texmf.cnf) kdebug:start search(files=[pdfetex.fmt], must_exist=0, find_all=0, path=.:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/web2c/pdftex:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/web2c/pdftex:/home/hagbard/texmf/web2c/pdftex:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/web2c/pdftex:/etc/texmf/web2c/pdftex:!!/var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex:!!/usr/share/texmf/web2c/pdftex:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/pdftex:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/web2c:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/web2c:/home/hagbard/texmf/web2c:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/web2c:/etc/texmf/web2c:!!/var/lib/texmf/web2c:!!/usr/share/texmf/web2c:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c). kdebug:db:match(/var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/pdfetex.fmt,/var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex) = 1 kdebug:search([pdfetex.fmt]) => /var/lib/texmf/web2c/pdftex/pdfetex.fmt entering extended mode kdebug:kpse_find_file: searching for 06a-amcoh.texi of type tex (from TEXINPUTS environment variable) kdebug:start search(files=[06a-amcoh.texi.tex 06a-amcoh.texi], must_exist=0, find_all=0, path=/usr/local/share/texmf:/usr/local/share/texmf:.:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/tex/plain//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/tex/plain//:/home/hagbard/texmf/tex/plain//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/plain//:/etc/texmf/tex/plain//:!!/var/lib/texmf/tex/plain//:!!/usr/share/texmf/tex/plain//:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/tex/generic//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/tex/generic//:/home/hagbard/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/generic//:/etc/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/var/lib/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/tex///:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/tex///:/home/hagbard/texmf/tex///:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/tex///:/etc/texmf/tex///:!!/var/lib/texmf/tex///:!!/usr/share/texmf/tex///:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex///). kdebug:search([06a-amcoh.texi.tex 06a-amcoh.texi]) => ./06a-amcoh.texi (./06a-amcoh.texikdebug:kpse_find_file: searching for texinfo of type tex (from TEXINPUTS environment variable) kdebug:start search(files=[texinfo.tex texinfo], must_exist=0, find_all=0, path=/usr/local/share/texmf:/usr/local/share/texmf:.:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/tex/plain//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/tex/plain//:/home/hagbard/texmf/tex/plain//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/plain//:/etc/texmf/tex/plain//:!!/var/lib/texmf/tex/plain//:!!/usr/share/texmf/tex/plain//:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/tex/generic//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/tex/generic//:/home/hagbard/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/generic//:/etc/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/var/lib/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/tex///:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/tex///:/home/hagbard/texmf/tex///:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/tex///:/etc/texmf/tex///:!!/var/lib/texmf/tex///:!!/usr/share/texmf/tex///:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex///). kdebug:search([texinfo.tex texinfo]) => kdebug:start search(files=[texinfo], must_exist=1, find_all=0, path=/usr/local/share/texmf:/usr/local/share/texmf:.:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/tex/plain//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/tex/plain//:/home/hagbard/texmf/tex/plain//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/plain//:/etc/texmf/tex/plain//:!!/var/lib/texmf/tex/plain//:!!/usr/share/texmf/tex/plain//:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/tex/generic//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/tex/generic//:/home/hagbard/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/generic//:/etc/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/var/lib/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/tex///:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/tex///:/home/hagbard/texmf/tex///:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/tex///:/etc/texmf/tex///:!!/var/lib/texmf/tex///:!!/usr/share/texmf/tex///:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex///). kdebug:search([texinfo]) => ! I can't find file `texinfo'. l.2 \input texinfo (Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit) Please type another input file name: q kdebug:kpse_find_file: searching for q of type tex (from TEXINPUTS environment variable) kdebug:start search(files=[q.tex q], must_exist=0, find_all=0, path=/usr/local/share/texmf:/usr/local/share/texmf:.:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/tex/plain//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/tex/plain//:/home/hagbard/texmf/tex/plain//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/plain//:/etc/texmf/tex/plain//:!!/var/lib/texmf/tex/plain//:!!/usr/share/texmf/tex/plain//:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/tex/generic//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/tex/generic//:/home/hagbard/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/tex/generic//:/etc/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/var/lib/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic//:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/tex///:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/tex///:/home/hagbard/texmf/tex///:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/tex///:/etc/texmf/tex///:!!/var/lib/texmf/tex///:!!/usr/share/texmf/tex///:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex///). kdebug:db:match(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/q.tex,/var/lib/texmf/tex/plain//) = 0 kdebug:db:match(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/q.tex,/usr/share/texmf/tex/plain//) = 0 kdebug:db:match(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/q.tex,/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain//) = 0 kdebug:db:match(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/q.tex,/var/lib/texmf/tex/generic//) = 0 kdebug:db:match(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/q.tex,/usr/share/texmf/tex/generic//) = 0 kdebug:db:match(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/q.tex,/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic//) = 0 kdebug:db:match(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/q.tex,/var/lib/texmf/tex///) = 0 kdebug:db:match(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/q.tex,/usr/share/texmf/tex///) = 0 kdebug:db:match(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/q.tex,/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex///) = 1 kdebug:search([q.tex q]) => /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/q.tex (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/tools/q.tex File ignored kdebug:kpse_find_file: searching for cmr10.vf of type vf (from texmf.cnf) kdebug:start search(files=[cmr10.vf], must_exist=0, find_all=0, path=.:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/fonts/vf//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/fonts/vf//:/home/hagbard/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/vf//:/etc/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/var/lib/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/share/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf//). kdebug:search([cmr10.vf]) => kdebug:kpse_find_file: searching for pdftex.map of type map (from texmf.cnf) kdebug:start search(files=[pdftex.map], must_exist=0, find_all=0, path=.:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/fonts/map/pdfetex//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdfetex//:/home/hagbard/texmf/fonts/map/pdfetex//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdfetex//:/etc/texmf/fonts/map/pdfetex//:!!/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/pdfetex//:!!/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdfetex//:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdfetex//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/fonts/map/pdftex//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex//:/home/hagbard/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex//:/etc/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex//:!!/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex//:!!/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex//:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/fonts/map/dvips//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/fonts/map/dvips//:/home/hagbard/texmf/fonts/map/dvips//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips//:/etc/texmf/fonts/map/dvips//:!!/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/dvips//:!!/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/dvips//:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/dvips//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/fonts/map///:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/fonts/map///:/home/hagbard/texmf/fonts/map///:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/map///:/etc/texmf/fonts/map///:!!/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map///:!!/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map///:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map///). kdebug:db:match(/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map,/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/pdfetex//) = 0 kdebug:db:match(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map,/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/pdfetex//) = 0 kdebug:db:match(/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map,/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdfetex//) = 0 kdebug:db:match(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map,/usr/share/texmf/fonts/map/pdfetex//) = 0 kdebug:db:match(/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map,/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdfetex//) = 0 kdebug:db:match(/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map,/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/map/pdfetex//) = 0 kdebug:db:match(/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map,/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex//) = 1 kdebug:search([pdftex.map]) => /var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map kdebug:kpse_find_file: searching for cmr5.vf of type vf (from texmf.cnf) kdebug:start search(files=[cmr5.vf], must_exist=0, find_all=0, path=.:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/fonts/vf//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/fonts/vf//:/home/hagbard/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/vf//:/etc/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/var/lib/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/share/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf//). kdebug:search([cmr5.vf]) => kdebug:kpse_find_file: searching for cmmi7.vf of type vf (from texmf.cnf) kdebug:start search(files=[cmmi7.vf], must_exist=0, find_all=0, path=.:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/fonts/vf//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/fonts/vf//:/home/hagbard/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/vf//:/etc/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/var/lib/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/share/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf//). kdebug:search([cmmi7.vf]) => kdebug:kpse_find_file: searching for cmsy5.vf of type vf (from texmf.cnf) kdebug:start search(files=[cmsy5.vf], must_exist=0, find_all=0, path=.:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/fonts/vf//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/fonts/vf//:/home/hagbard/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/vf//:/etc/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/var/lib/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/share/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf//). kdebug:search([cmsy5.vf]) => kdebug:kpse_find_file: searching for cmmi5.vf of type vf (from texmf.cnf) kdebug:start search(files=[cmmi5.vf], must_exist=0, find_all=0, path=.:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/fonts/vf//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/fonts/vf//:/home/hagbard/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/vf//:/etc/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/var/lib/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/share/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf//). kdebug:search([cmmi5.vf]) => kdebug:kpse_find_file: searching for cmr7.vf of type vf (from texmf.cnf) kdebug:start search(files=[cmr7.vf], must_exist=0, find_all=0, path=.:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/fonts/vf//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/fonts/vf//:/home/hagbard/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/vf//:/etc/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/var/lib/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/share/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf//). kdebug:search([cmr7.vf]) => kdebug:kpse_find_file: searching for cmmi10.vf of type vf (from texmf.cnf) kdebug:start search(files=[cmmi10.vf], must_exist=0, find_all=0, path=.:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/fonts/vf//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/fonts/vf//:/home/hagbard/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/vf//:/etc/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/var/lib/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/share/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf//). kdebug:search([cmmi10.vf]) => kdebug:kpse_find_file: searching for cmsy7.vf of type vf (from texmf.cnf) kdebug:start search(files=[cmsy7.vf], must_exist=0, find_all=0, path=.:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/fonts/vf//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/fonts/vf//:/home/hagbard/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/vf//:/etc/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/var/lib/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/share/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf//). kdebug:search([cmsy7.vf]) => kdebug:kpse_find_file: searching for cmsy10.vf of type vf (from texmf.cnf) kdebug:start search(files=[cmsy10.vf], must_exist=0, find_all=0, path=.:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/fonts/vf//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/fonts/vf//:/home/hagbard/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/vf//:/etc/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/var/lib/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/share/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf//). kdebug:search([cmsy10.vf]) => kdebug:kpse_find_file: searching for cmex10.vf of type vf (from texmf.cnf) kdebug:start search(files=[cmex10.vf], must_exist=0, find_all=0, path=.:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/fonts/vf//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/fonts/vf//:/home/hagbard/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/vf//:/etc/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/var/lib/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/share/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf//). kdebug:search([cmex10.vf]) => kdebug:kpse_find_file: searching for cmbx10.vf of type vf (from texmf.cnf) kdebug:start search(files=[cmbx10.vf], must_exist=0, find_all=0, path=.:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-config/fonts/vf//:/home/hagbard/.texlive2017/texmf-var/fonts/vf//:/home/hagbard/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/local/share/texmf/fonts/vf//:/etc/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/var/lib/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/share/texmf/fonts/vf//:!!/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/fonts/vf//). kdebug:search([cmbx10.vf]) => > I am not very familiar with how TeX looks for files but another thing > to look into is whether an "ls-R" file is up to date. Look at the contents > of /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R file if it exists and check that texinfo.tex > is listed there. They are not hagbard@fuckup: + ~/01cuneus/tdr/06ch ls /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R ls: cannot access '/usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R': No such file or directory hagbard@fuckup: + ~/01cuneus/tdr/06ch ls /usr/local/share/texmf/ tex hagbard@fuckup: + ~/01cuneus/tdr/06ch