Re: problem with texi2dvi from texinfo 6.1

[Kurt Hornik]

>>>>> Vincent Belaïche writes:

Ok, so let's try a version without a tilde then:

test1.tex
Description: LaTeX document

It makes no difference for me: running texi2dvi test1.tex ends with

Package rerunfilecheck Warning: File `test1.out' has changed.
(rerunfilecheck)                Rerun to get outlines right
(rerunfilecheck)                or use package `bookmark'.

but does not re-run.  Running texi2dvi test1.tex once more succeeds.

This is with

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.16 (TeX Live 2015/Debian) 
(preloaded format=latex)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
LaTeX2e <2016/02/01>

as currently shipped in Debian testing. 

If you still cannot reproduce, perhaps we should start by comparing TeX
and system versions?

Best
-k

> Hello Kurt,
> It seems that some \ref is missing before the reference. Well I have
> added it, and the only problem which I can see is that the ~ is handled
> like a normal tilde.

> But this is because texi2dvi uses this command:

> Running pdflatex '\catcode126=12 \def\normaltilde{~}\catcode126=13 
> \let~\normaltilde ' '\input' './test1.tex'

> (ie ~ is changed into a normal tilde).

> I think that the intention of this catcode change was to allow ~ in file
> names, but maybe that should be made only for the input file
> name. I.e. the command line should be instead like this:

> pdflatex '\begingroup\catcode126=12\def\temp{' './test1.tex' 
> '}\expandafter\endgroup\expandafter\input\expandafter{\temp}'

>    Vincent.


> Le 23/02/2016 08:14, Kurt Hornik a écrit :
>>>>>>> Vincent Belaïche writes:
>> 
>>> Dear Kurt,
>>> Is the issue that texi2dvi does not make enough runs?
>> 
>> Yes.
>> 
>>> Could you send also a minimal example of Rd2.tex, I could then make a
>>> trial on my machine to see if I can reproduce the issue ....
>> 
>> Gavin had also asked for a smaller example (the one I had circulated was
>> from production use).  
>> 
>> So pls try the following:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> For me:
>> 
>> $ texi2dvi test1.tex 
>> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.16 (TeX Live 2015/Debian) 
>> (preloaded format=latex)
>> restricted \write18 enabled.
>> entering extended mode
>> LaTeX2e <2016/02/01>
>> Babel <3.9n> and hyphenation patterns for 79 languages loaded.
>> (./test1.tex (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
>> Document Class: article 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
>> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
>> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/hyperref/hyperref.sty
>> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/hobsub-hyperref.sty
>> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/hobsub-generic.sty))
>> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty)
>> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/ifxetex/ifxetex.sty)
>> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/oberdiek/auxhook.sty)
>> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/oberdiek/kvoptions.sty)
>> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/hyperref/pd1enc.def)
>> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/latexconfig/hyperref.cfg)
>> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/url/url.sty))
>> 
>> Package hyperref Message: Driver (default): hdvips.
>> 
>> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/hyperref/hdvips.def
>> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/hyperref/pdfmark.def
>> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/oberdiek/rerunfilecheck.sty)))
>> No file test1.aux.
>> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/latex/hyperref/nameref.sty
>> (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/gettitlestring.sty))
>> 
>> Package hyperref Warning: Rerun to get /PageLabels entry.
>> 
>> [1] [2] (/home/Hornik/tmp/ZZZ/test1.aux)
>> 
>> Package rerunfilecheck Warning: File `test1.out' has changed.
>> (rerunfilecheck)                Rerun to get outlines right
>> (rerunfilecheck)                or use package `bookmark'.
>> 
>> 
>> LaTeX Warning: Label(s) may have changed. Rerun to get cross-references 
>> right.
>> 
>> )
>> Output written on test1.dvi (2 pages, 2800 bytes).
>> Transcript written on test1.log.
>> 
>> and
>> 
>> $ echo $?
>> 1
>> 
>> Best
>> -k
>> 
>> 
>>> Vincent.
>> 
>>> Le 22/02/2016 22:19, Gavin Smith a écrit :
>>>> The log files you sent help a bit. They contain lines like:
>>>> 
>>>> Package hyperref Warning: Rerun to get /PageLabels entry.
>>>> 
>>>> This explains why no "New xref files" messages are being printed by
>>>> texi2dvi: the function xref_files_changed in texi2dvi sees that text
>>>> in the log files and doesn't look in the log files. I don't have those
>>>> lines in my log files (maybe due to different versions of packages),
>>>> so what happens for me is different.
>>>> 
>>>> I still don't know where exactly texi2dvi is quitting in your case,
>>>> alas. Perhaps the output from
>>>> 
>>>> sh -x ./texi2dvi --verbose Rd2.tex >Rd2.trace
>>>> 
>>>> could help? I've attached what I got.
>>>> 
>>>> Also deleting chunks from the file to get a smaller file that gives
>>>> the same error can only help. (It would make the log files shorter and
>>>> possibly easier to spot what's wrong.)
>>>> 
>>>> NB I don't know if the problem is on my end or yours but I have awful
>>>> trouble reading emails with long logs in the body of the email: could
>>>> you try sending any long logs or output as attachments instead? That's
>>>> if you weren't doing that already and my mail reader (GMail web
>>>> interface) is displaying them inline).
>>