[I'm copying the Octave maintainers list because the problem may originate with the core Octave m-script to tex-file translator.]
On 03/15/2011 08:56 PM, Rob Frohne wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm attempting to build a statically linked version of octave 3.4 on > Ubuntu 10.10 so I can move it to a network of redhat 5 machines. Just > after it builds munge-texi, I get the following complaint from running > it. Can anyone give me some advice? > > make[4]: Leaving directory > `/home/frohro/Desktop/octave-3.4.0/doc/interpreter' > ./munge-texi ../.. ../../scripts/DOCSTRINGS ../../src/DOCSTRINGS < > arith.txi > arith.texi-t > invalid doc file format > make[3]: *** [arith.texi] Error 1 > make[3]: Leaving directory > `/home/frohro/Desktop/octave-3.4.0/doc/interpreter' > make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/frohro/Desktop/octave-3.4.0/doc' > make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/frohro/Desktop/octave-3.4.0' > make: *** [all] Error 2 Rob The file in question is this one: http://hg.savannah.gnu.org/hgweb/octave/file/41d183070c04/doc/interpreter/arith.txi I used the "raw" link to download the file and compiled the tex file as follows: [sebald@moorglade junk]$ tex arith.txi This is TeX, Version 3.141592 (Web2C 7.5.6) (./arith.txi Overfull \hbox (11.37076pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 121--127 []\tenrm @DOCSTRING(sin) @DOC-STRING(cos) @DOC-STRING(tan) @DOC-STRING(sec) @DO C-STRING(csc)| [snip] ! Missing $ inserted. <inserted text> $ <to be read again> _ l.225 @DOCSTRING(list_ primes) ? It turns out this file has three function names with underscores in them. The underscore is a special character and is the source of the error. I replaced all the "_" with "\_" and the tex file compiles. The question is why this fails. Is DOCSTRING defined correctly? Are the underscore function names something that was recently added? Should the translator be adding a character before underscores? I'll defer to the Octave maintainers list for those answers. You said that you configure your compilation with: <quote> I am working again on building octave 3.4 with static libraries. I did a ./configure --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-dh and when I make I get on the Makefile in src/ an error for line 9457 about a Missing Separator. I had to go to that line and replace the five spaces with a tab. I got the hint from this page: http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/faq22_17.html The Makefile was made with the automake tools, and somehow they messed up on this. I'm not really familiar with them or I'd make a suggestion on fixing it better. <unquote> Dan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
