Re: [Bug 162445] dvips searches current directory for eps files instead of target

2007-11-15 Thread Norbert Preining 
On Di, 13 Nov 2007, Ulf Ochsenfahrt wrote:
 When dvips is invoked, it looks in the current directory for eps files
 instead of the directory which contains the dvi file. This means that

latex searches eps via TEXINPUTS, and AFAIR also dvips.

So it finds what you find with TEXINPUTS:

 dvips cannot be used to compile dvi files which are in a different
than

Yes, but the TEXINPUTS path must be fixed.

 5. convert dvi file to ps
 dvips directory/test.dvi

Not surprising. In the respective \special which is saved into the dvi
file there is nothing about the directory:
$ strings test.dvi   
 TeX output 2007.11.15:1302
:PSfile=test.eps llx=100 lly=100 urx=150 ury=150 rhi=566 
cmr10
cmr10
$

A simple solution is to call
$ TEXINPUT=directory/: dvips directory/test.tex

 6. observe the error message
 dvips: Could not find figure file test.eps; continuing.

Yes it says what it is ...

Simple solution: Set your TEXINPUTS right.

PLease can someone close this bug?

Best wishes

Norbert

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[Bug 162445] dvips searches current directory for eps files instead of target

2007-11-13 Thread Ulf Ochsenfahrt 
Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: texlive-base-bin

When dvips is invoked, it looks in the current directory for eps files
instead of the directory which contains the dvi file. This means that
dvips cannot be used to compile dvi files which are in a different than
the current directory.

Steps to reproduce:
1. create a test.tex file:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{epsfig}
\begin{document}
\epsfig{file=test.eps,height=2cm}
\end{document}

2. create a test.eps file:
touch test.eps

3. compile the latex file
(if the eps is empty, the compile fails, just press 'q' to exit)

4. go to a different directory
cd ..

5. convert dvi file to ps
dvips directory/test.dvi

6. observe the error message
dvips: Could not find figure file test.eps; continuing.
Note that an absolute path or a relative path with .. are denied in -R2 mode.

** Affects: texlive-bin (Ubuntu)
 Importance: Undecided
 Status: New

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