[Slackbuilds-users] TeX Live 2013

[Robby Workman]

On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 23:00:34 +0000
David Woodfall <dave at dawoodfall.net> wrote:

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


Yay!  :D 

-RW
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