f18tc6 + texlive 2012: usable docbook, doxygen pdf toolchains

[Sérgio Basto]

On Sex, 2012-11-02 at 02:53 +0000, Sérgio Basto wrote: 
> 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 

Sorry , I found with your message that the problem is with texlive of
updates-testing, (I though I have it disabled but not).

Thanks,
-- 
Sérgio M. B.