[Slackbuilds-users] TeX Live 2013

[Robby Workman]

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
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