f18tc6 + texlive 2012: usable docbook, doxygen pdf toolchains

[Sérgio Basto]

On Qui, 2012-11-01 at 19:14 -0700, Benjamin De Kosnik wrote: 
> Using F18 TC6 in a KVM install, I was able to install texlive-2012 as
> per the updates-testing packages, and look at the state of generating
> documenation with DocBook toolchains using dblatex and Doxygen
> toolchains using pdflatex. 
> 
> This is related to RH488651, the tracker bug to update TeX in Fedora to
> one more closely matching upstream TeX development. 
> 
> Although updating TeX is not an Accepted Feature in F18, texlive-2012
> packages are in updates-testing. Using these packages, with some
> changes, I was able to get a usable doxygen configuration for PDF, and
> came much closer for docbook 5. The full $SUBJECT is optimistic, alas. 
> 
> I'm really hoping that we can merge in the new TeX bits and fix them
> up in place with a sprint where all concerned work on it. I'm not quite
> sure what the criteria would be for the conversion from Tex 2007 to TeX
> 2012, but let me suggest workable docbook/doxygen/texinfo toolchains as
> existenzminimum.
> 
> To that end:
> 
> Issues:
> 
> 1) docbook5-style-xsl
> 
> Issue with docbook.xsl typo/porting error. 
> 
> See GNOME BZ 687299
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=687299
> 
> Fixed via hack:
> ln -s VERSION VERSION.xsl
> 
> 2) doxygen-pdf needs
> 
> PreReq: texlive-sectsty
> PreReq: texlive-tocloft
> PreReq: texlive-xtab
> PreReq: texlive-multirow
> 
> 3) docbook5-style-xsl needs
> 
> PreReq: texlive-subfigure
> PreReq: texlive-appendix
> PreReq: texlive-changebar
> PreReq: texlive-bibtopic
> PreReq: texlive-overpic
> 
> 4) any math formulas seem to need more than 
> 
> texlive-amsfonts
> 
> I just used the big guns:
> 
> yum install -y texlive-collection-fontsextra
> texlive-collection-fontrecommended
> 
> These group packages for TeX fonts are great and I'm glad that Fedora
> has them.
> 
> 5) dblatex seems to be not working. Not quite sure what is going on,
> 
> Error is: incomplete /ifmmode. 
> 
> I took the generated F18 .xml input and ran it thourgh dblatex on a
> working F17 install, no problems.
> 
> 
> 
> My plan is to try and report these problems in Fedora BZ, even though
> these packages are still in updates testing? Call me crazy? Is there a
> better place to report these bugs?

no , I also have problems in F18.

I got problems build VirtualBox packages on F18 and rawhide, but not on
F17, with user Manual's 
build.log wrote:

This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-2.5-1.40.13 (TeX Live 2013/dev)
 restricted \write18 enabled.


VirtualBox.spec just have :
BuildRequires:  /usr/bin/pdflatex

have you any suggestion that I can try it ? 

I can't find any relevant error and doesn't use updates-testing 

Thanks, 
-- 
Sérgio M. B.