Re: [Axiom-developer] build-improvements and latex

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

Ralf Hemmecke <address@hidden> writes:

| > Yes.  This problem has many roots.  Part of it is that
| > build-improvements extracts the TeX file in the same directory as it
| > latexs it.  The problem can be papered over in many different way:
| >   (1) add .tex unconditionally.
| >   (2) replace .pamphlet with .tex and pay attention
| >   (3) extract to a different directory
| >   (4) find a btter solution.
| 
| (3) is not an option,

but that is what silver does.

| since when you compile axiom.sty.tex -->
| axiom.sty.dvi then it does not matter whether axiom.sty is visible or
| not. \usepackage will choose the wrong file.

No.  It depends on where you call LaTeX from and the value of TEXINPUTS.

-- Gaby