This looks like a bug that was fixed earlier this week, though maybe it's something else.
When did you get v5.1.2.3, and which language is selected in DrRacket? At Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:02:15 -0400, Nadeem Abdul Hamid wrote: > I've posted my first planet package, but I'm getting some weird error in > building documentation when installing it from DrRacket, which doesn't occur > at all when I install using 'planet install ...' at the command line. Any > ideas what is going wrong? Is there something that I might be missing in my > scribblings documentation (it's very minimal at the moment)? Or something > not right with the way the .plt archive is being made? > > Here's a portion of the log from DrRacket (there are two occurrences of a > "docs failure" error): > > PLaneT: raco setup: --- pre-installing collections --- > PLaneT: raco setup: --- compiling collections --- > PLaneT: raco setup: making: <planet>/nah22/racketui.plt/1/1 (RacketUI) > PLaneT: raco setup: in <planet>/nah22/racketui.plt/1/1 > ... <snip> ... > PLaneT: raco setup: --- updating info-domain tables --- > PLaneT: raco setup: updating: /Users/nhamid/Library/Racket/planet/300/ > 5.1.2.3/cache.rktd > PLaneT: raco setup: --- creating launchers --- > PLaneT: raco setup: --- building documentation --- > PLaneT: raco setup: docs failure: read: illegal use of "." > PLaneT: raco setup: --- installing collections --- > PLaneT: raco setup: --- post-installing collections --- > PLaneT: raco setup: > PLaneT: ------------- Rebuilding documentation index ------------- > PLaneT: raco setup: version: 5.1.2.3 [3m] > PLaneT: raco setup: variants: 3m > PLaneT: raco setup: main collects: /Applications/Racket.git/plt/collects > PLaneT: raco setup: collects paths: > PLaneT: raco setup: /Users/nhamid/Library/Racket/5.1.2.3/collects > PLaneT: raco setup: /Applications/Racket.git/plt/collects > PLaneT: raco setup: --- pre-installing collections --- > PLaneT: raco setup: --- compiling collections --- > PLaneT: raco setup: making: scribblings/main/user > PLaneT: raco setup: --- updating info-domain tables --- > PLaneT: raco setup: updating: info-domain/compiled/cache.rktd > PLaneT: raco setup: --- creating launchers --- > PLaneT: raco setup: --- building documentation --- > PLaneT: raco setup: docs failure: read: illegal use of "." > PLaneT: raco setup: --- installing collections --- > PLaneT: raco setup: --- post-installing collections --- > ... > > The corresponding output from 'planet install' at the command line has no > problems: > raco setup: --- pre-installing collections --- > raco setup: --- compiling collections --- > raco setup: making: <planet>/nah22/racketui.plt/1/1 (RacketUI) > raco setup: in <planet>/nah22/racketui.plt/1/1 > raco setup: in <planet>/nah22/racketui.plt/1/1/scribblings > raco setup: making: <planet>/nah22/racketui.plt/1/1/htdocs > raco setup: making: <planet>/nah22/racketui.plt/1/1/htdocs/css > raco setup: making: <planet>/nah22/racketui.plt/1/1/htdocs/css/smoothness > raco setup: making: > <planet>/nah22/racketui.plt/1/1/htdocs/css/smoothness/images > raco setup: making: <planet>/nah22/racketui.plt/1/1/htdocs/js > raco setup: making: <planet>/nah22/racketui.plt/1/1/planet-docs > raco setup: making: <planet>/nah22/racketui.plt/1/1/planet-docs/racketui > raco setup: making: <planet>/nah22/racketui.plt/1/1/scribblings > raco setup: --- updating info-domain tables --- > raco setup: updating: /Users/nhamid/Library/Racket/planet/300/ > 5.1.2.3/cache.rktd > raco setup: --- creating launchers --- > raco setup: --- building documentation --- > raco setup: running: > <planet>/nah22/racketui.plt/1/1/scribblings/racketui.scrbl > raco setup: skipping: handin-server/scribblings/handin-server.scrbl > raco setup: skipping: scribblings/main/user/start.scrbl > raco setup: skipping: scribblings/main/user/search.scrbl > raco setup: rendering: > <planet>/nah22/racketui.plt/1/1/scribblings/racketui.scrbl > raco setup: --- installing collections --- > raco setup: --- post-installing collections --- > ------------- Rebuilding documentation index ------------- > raco setup: version: 5.1.2.3 [3m] > raco setup: variants: 3m > raco setup: main collects: /Applications/Racket/collects > raco setup: collects paths: > raco setup: /Users/nhamid/Library/Racket/5.1.2.3/collects > raco setup: /Applications/Racket/collects > raco setup: --- pre-installing collections --- > raco setup: --- compiling collections --- > raco setup: making: scribblings/main/user > raco setup: --- updating info-domain tables --- > raco setup: --- creating launchers --- > raco setup: --- building documentation --- > raco setup: skipping: handin-server/scribblings/handin-server.scrbl > raco setup: running: scribblings/main/user/start.scrbl > raco setup: running: scribblings/main/user/search.scrbl > raco setup: rendering: scribblings/main/user/start.scrbl > raco setup: rendering: scribblings/main/user/search.scrbl > raco setup: --- installing collections --- > raco setup: --- post-installing collections --- > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users