Re: texi2dvi fails in faq

[Michael D Godfrey]

On 09/28/2010 10:51 AM, Michael D Godfrey wrote:

One more clarification:  where I said ../doc above I really meant ../doc/interpreter:
The full build created a correct octave.pdf.   But, I just looked at the results and
it appears that the ../doc/faq files were built correctly by the full build.  That makes it
even less clear why the update make tried to rebuild them.  More to learn...

Michael

I think that I have resolved the problems with texi and newer texlive-2010.  And,
I have found a set of the texi* components which can be installed so that no changes
are needed in the current Octave source.  Right now the process of locating and
installing the texi* programs which work correctly is a bit cumbersome.  I want to
try another full build and another update without having to patch anything.  And,
this will test the latest change to use of PDF for the Manual. 

While, at present, these installation procedures are specific to Fedora, the same
idea will apply to other Linux systems.  The specific versions of the texi* files
that work with Octave should remain the same, just the way to get them installed
will differ somewhat from one Linux flavor to another.

It is possible that when the texlive people gain some experience with how to
manage repositories and when texinfo gets adjusted so that it can be installed
with texlive-2010 without forcing it to ignore dependencies, the install of these
packages will be possible using the standard procedures and this will all be
compatible with the Octave usage.

Another report with all the details after a few more builds...

Michael