bug#26604: closed (documentation: pdf generation is broken)

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> documentation: pdf generation is broken
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> Sat, 22 Apr 2017 11:09:47 +0000
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> As long as I run guix I was never able to build the documentation
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> [user@abyayala ~/src/guix/guix]$ make doc/guix.pdf
>   TEXI2PDF doc/guix.pdf
>   /gnu/store/jz7jq4w8d4czvgnk9as07rrdbcfjjgjj-profile/bin/texi2dvi: pdftex 
> exited with bad status, quitting.
>   make: *** [Makefile:3591: doc/guix.pdf] Error 1
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zimoun <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> skriver:

> Hi,
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> On Tue, 4 May 2021 at 12:04, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> wrote:
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>> At least the first “wizard stuff” is merely a list of packages.
>> There isn’t anything we can do to avoid the selection of packages,
>> because that stuff is modular by design.  We could have an
>> arbitrary collection of Texlive packages, but I’m sure we can’t
>> agree on any good set because what exactly is needed depends on
>> the document.
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>> If the problem is in figuring out what Texlive packages to install
>> for generating the Guix manual: we can either document that or add
>> the required packages to the inputs.
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> I agree.  Maybe via a manifest file?
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>> If you still get errors relating to fonts or font maps: this has
>> been fixed on the “master” branch; the texlive-configuration
>> profile hook didn’t update the font maps.
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> Cool!  I have missed.
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> Well, let close this old bug. \o/

Agreed, closing!

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