[Slackbuilds-users] TeX Live 2013

[David Woodfall]

On (11/11/13 13:47), Robby Workman <rworkman at slackbuilds.org> put forth the proposition:
>On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:31:02 +0000
>David Woodfall <dave at dawoodfall.net> wrote:
>
>> On (11/11/13 10:32), Robby Workman <rworkman at slackbuilds.org> put
>> forth the proposition:
>> >On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 16:22:47 +0000
>> >David Woodfall <dave at dawoodfall.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On (11/11/13 08:14), Robby Workman <rworkman at slackbuilds.org> put
>> >> forth the proposition:
>> >> >On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 13:13:16 +0000
>> >> >David Woodfall <dave at dawoodfall.net> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> >Rob,
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >I seem to be having a problem with biblatex. If I use it, with
>> >> >> >or without options I always get this error:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >http://www.r0t.co.uk/paste/p/tGsyzK81.html
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >I also found a couple of problems with texcount - I fixed one
>> >> >> >problem, but I keep getting a warning that it can't read the
>> >> >> >package list. This was the first error:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >"length() used on %warnings (did you mean "scalar(keys
>> >> >> >%warnings)"?) at /usr/bin/texcount line 2221."
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Luckily, the fix is exactly that. The second warning looks
>> >> >> >like a bit more of a problem:
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >"!!!  Could not recognise package list, ignoring it
>> >> >> >instead.  !!!"
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Fixed. Seems a custom package had a hyphen in the name and this
>> >> >> was breaking texcount.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >Googling for the biblatex error didn't find anything useful
>> >> >> >yet. This is for an assignment that I wrote earlier this year
>> >> >> >and built fine with the previous texlive.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >Dave
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >Awesome; thanks!  Heinz did a bit more work on the texlive build
>> >> >so that it won't require tetex to be installed at all, so it will
>> >> >be even better soon :-)
>> >>
>> >> I've not had much luck the biblatex issue. I think I'm going to
>> >> create the previous package and compare the files.
>> >
>> >
>> >I guess you saw this, right?
>> >
>> >http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/119682/how-to-use-polyglossia-with-biblatex
>> >
>> >Assuming that's what you're experiencing, I don't know that there's
>> >much we can do.  I'm certainly open to suggestions though :)
>>
>> No, I'm not using polyglossia. The first error in my log:
>>
>> ==================
>> ! Undefined control sequence.
>> <write> File: blx-compat.def \abx at cptid
>>
>> l.2 [\abx at cptid]
>>
>> ?
>> ! Emergency stop.
>> <write> File: blx-compat.def \abx at cptid
>>
>> l.2 [\abx at cptid]
>> =================
>>
>> So I imagine it's a problem with blx-compat.def. I've tested with a
>> minimal working example calling only the biblatex package with no
>> options and it still errors out.
>>
>> I'll look into it tonight and see what I find.
>>
>> I have attached a patch for texcount. It needs applying in the
>> slackbuild around line 165.
>>
>> patch -p1 < $CWD/patches/texcount-scalar-fixup.diff or the like.
>
>
>commit 16b9088b4cf241535cb0a8c7dcebf50e2b418c26
>Author: David Woodfall <dave at dawoodfall.net>
>Date:   Mon Nov 11 13:46:07 2013 -0600
>
>    office/texlive: Patched to fix texcount.pl
>
>    Signed-off-by: Robby Workman <rworkman at slackbuilds.org>
>
>Thanks!
>
>-RW

Robby, it seems that the biblatex error was caused by something 
in my local ~/texmf so not a bug in texlive at all.

Dave