Re: [Bug-AUCTeX] preview-1.284; Building documentation from CVS fails

[Stefan Husmann]

Am 15.08.2010 15:55, schrieb Ralf Angeli:
> I repeat, please keep the mailing list copied!
> 
> * Stefan Husmann (2010-08-13) writes:
> 
>> Am 12.08.2010 17:34, schrieb Ralf Angeli:
>>> * Stefan Husmann (2010-08-11) writes:
>>>
>>>> Am 11.08.2010 20:22, schrieb Ralf Angeli:
>>>>> * Stefan Husmann (2010-08-11) writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I use a PKGBUILD, 
>>>>>> http://aur.archlinux.org/packages/auctex-cvs/auctex-cvs/PKGBUILD
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The relevant commands should be  
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ./autogen.sh || return 1
>>>>>>   ./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var || return 1
>>>>>>   make || return 1
>>>>>
>>>>> Hm, this doesn't look too exotic.  Does the build succeed if you execute
>>>>> the commands manually?
>>>>
>>>> No, same error messages.
>>>
>>> Is preview-dtxdoc.texi being generated in the `doc' subdirectory of the
>>> AUCTeX sources?  If yes, does it contain text and stuff or is it empty?
>>> If not, what happens if you execute `make preview-dtxdoc.texi' in the
>>> `doc' subdirectory?
>>>
>> Hello,
>>  
>> preview-dtxdoc.texi is generated, but almost empty, only 12 lines of 
>> "\noindent". 
>>
>> This is also the case if I run make `preview-dtxdoc.texi' in the `doc' 
>> subdirectory manually.
> 
> Hm, this is working fine here with Perl 5.10.1.  Perhaps the behavior of
> Perl changed?  Would it be possible for you to test with Perl 5.10?
> 

Testing is possible: Using perl 5.10.1 auctex-cvs builds fine.

But Arch Linux is a rolling release distro, and supports only one (normally the 
newest stable) release of a package. There are many packages around that at now 
need a perl 5.12 to work. An since I maintain the auctex-cvs package in AUR 
(Arch User repository) I cannot rely on perl 5.10.1.

>From the announcement:
The perl package no longer implements versioned site_perl directories but the 
5.10.1 directories remains for legacy packages for now. Anyone who custom 
builds 
perl modules into site_perl should rebuild them to use the proper directories.

Regards Stefan