Maxima .28.0_3 +printable_doc does not build on 10.8

[someuser12]

On Mac OS 10.8 with MacPorts 2.1.3, maxima @5.28.0_3+printable_doc's build process stops in the (sub)directory interfaces/emacs/imaxima while making target pdf (see messages below). Workaround to finish the build and the installation:

cd `port work maxima`
cd maxima-5.28.0/interfaces/emacs/imaxima
sudo make pdf
# resume installation:
sudo port install maxima +printable_doc

The error message during the original build (excerpt from the build log):

[...]
Making pdf in imaxima
make[3]: Entering directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_maxima/maxima/work/maxima-5.28.0/interfaces/emacs/imaxima'
TEXINPUTS=".:$TEXINPUTS" \
        MAKEINFO='/bin/sh /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_maxima/maxima/work/maxima-5.28.0/missing --run makeinfo   -I .' \
        texi2dvi --pdf --batch imaxima.texi
sed: RE error: illegal byte sequence
make[3]: *** [imaxima.pdf] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_maxima/maxima/work/maxima-5.28.0/interfaces/emacs/imaxima'
make[2]: *** [pdf-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_maxima/maxima/work/maxima-5.28.0/interfaces/emacs'
make[1]: *** [pdf-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_maxima/maxima/work/maxima-5.28.0/interfaces'
make: *** [pdf-recursive] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
pattern=`printf "\t"` ; \
        bad_files=`find . -name '*.texi' -print | xargs /usr/bin/grep -E -l -e "$pattern"` ; \
        [ -z  "$bad_files" ] || ( echo "WARNING: The following files have unexpanded Tabs: $bad_files" ; \
        echo "Run /doc/info/fix_tab to fix the problem." )
make[3]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_maxima/maxima/work/maxima-5.28.0/doc/info'
[...]
Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_maxima/maxima/work/maxima-5.28.0" && /usr/bin/make -j8 -w all pdf
Exit code: 2
Error: org.macports.build for port maxima returned: command execution failed
[...]

Performing make pdf by hand (outside of the automated build process) works, probably because of the use of a different environment.

[jmroot (Joshua Root)]

The sed on 10.8 requires file contents to be valid in the current locale. The default is UTF-8, so if this file uses some other encoding, LC_CTYPE needs to be set appropriately in the environment.

[Ionic (Mihai Moldovan)]

Is this still a problem with the current maxima version?

[Ionic (Mihai Moldovan)]

Cc Me!

[someuser12]

Replying to ionic@…:

Is this still a problem with the current maxima version?

Yes, there is the same problem. With Maxima 5.33.0:

Command failed:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_maxima/maxima/work/maxima-5.33.0" && /usr/bin/make -j8 -w all pdf

The error message is still:

sed: RE error: illegal byte sequence
make[3]: *** [imaxima.pdf] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_math_maxima/maxima/work/maxima-5.33.0/interfaces/emacs/imaxima'

Workaround:

cd `port work maxima`/maxima-5.33.0/interfaces/emacs/imaxima
sudo make pdf

and resume install / upgrade after that.

[Ionic (Mihai Moldovan)]

ACK, can reproduce.

[Ionic (Mihai Moldovan)]

Unfortunately, this is a latex issue.

I could provide an ugly hack depending on gsed and setting PATH to use gsed for that command only, but that's really, really ugly.

[Ionic (Mihai Moldovan)]

Workaround buggy texi2dvi being incompatible with bsdsed with an ugly hack forcing usage of gsed in the maxima Portfile. Should be fixed upstream or by the texlive maintainer.

[Ionic (Mihai Moldovan)]

Try that, it should be working fine, but the baseline issue needs to be fixed at texlive level... probably even by upstream. :(

[someuser12]

Indeed, it works fine for me (Maxima 5.33.0, MacPorts 2.2.1, Mac OS 10.8.5). Thanks!

[mkae (Marko Käning)]

Cc Me!

[Ionic (Mihai Moldovan)]

x-linking #43617

[cooljeanius (Eric Gallager)]

Cc Me!

[Ionic (Mihai Moldovan)]

This patch makes the previous workaround obsolete. Let's wrap this up, shall we?

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

Cc Me!

[Ionic (Mihai Moldovan)]

Let bsdsed handle the provided file gracefully by setting LC_ALL=C in the build env. We can drop this, as soon as texinfo upstream removes recode support, which is currently the reason for bsdsed chocking. Also rework the dependencies. texinfo, texlive-latex and texlive-basic are enough, no need to pull in the full texlive suite. texinfo has even been missing completely.

[mojca (Mojca Miklavec)]

Dependency on texlive replaced in r121940. If LC patch is still needed after r121939, we can add it later.

[Ionic (Mihai Moldovan)]

Thanks, builds fine with the updated texinfo port for me.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

So this is fixed then?

[Ionic (Mihai Moldovan)]

Yep, all good.