auctex @11.91+mactex: depends on texlive-basic

[jbouttier]

Hi,

It seems that auctex now requires having some texlive-* ports installed despite being installed with the +mactex variant (and a MacTeX distribution being installed and /Library/TeX/texbin being declared in binpath).

$ sudo port uninstall texlive-basic
Note: It is not recommended to uninstall/deactivate a port that has dependents as it breaks the dependents.
The following ports will break: auctex @11.91_0
Continue? [y/N]:

I did not have the problem before, texlive ports must have been pulled during some upgrade. Thanks,

Jérémie

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

Indeed it looks like the texlive dependencies should be removed when using the +mactex variant.

$ port info --depends auctex +mactex 
depends_test: 
depends_build: texlive-latex
depends_run: texlive
depends_fetch: 
depends_lib: emacs
depends_extract: 

Can you please test that it still works if you force the uninstall?

sudo port -f uninstall texlive texlive-basic

[jbouttier]

Yes the package still works correctly if I force the uninstall.

[mf2k (Frank Schima)]

There is a comment in the variant saying "# Note: This also needs /usr/texbin in binpath in macports.conf". Have you tried that? If that fixes it, then this needs to be displayed somewhere.

[jbouttier]

Replying to mf2k:

There is a comment in the variant saying "# Note: This also needs /usr/texbin in binpath in macports.conf". Have you tried that? If that fixes it, then this needs to be displayed somewhere.

I tried adding /usr/texbin in binpath but it does not seem to change anything :

$ grep texbin /opt/local/etc/macports/macports.conf
binpath             	/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/Library/TeX/texbin:/usr/texbin
$ sudo port install auctex +mactex                 
--->  Computing dependencies for auctex
The following dependencies will be installed: 
 graphite2
 harfbuzz
 harfbuzz-icu
 libzzip
 mpfr
 potrace
 texlive-basic
 texlive-bin
 texlive-common
 texlive-latex
 xorg-libXaw
Continue? [Y/n]: n

Let me also point out that, since El Capitan, MacTeX does not use /usr/texbin anymore (as /usr is protected), but /Library/TeX/texbin instead.

[jbouttier]

As a side remark, the variant +emacs_app also seems to be ineffective now.

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

This problem still exists in Big Sur. During the configure stage this is found:

Executing:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_editors_auctex/auctex/work/auctex-12.1" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --with-lispdir=/opt/local/share/emacs/site-lisp --with-auto-dir=/opt/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/auto --with-texmf-dir=/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local
DEBUG: system:  cd "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_macports_release_tarballs_ports_editors_auctex/auctex/work/auctex-12.1" && ./configure --prefix=/opt/local --with-lispdir=/opt/local/share/emacs/site-lisp --with-auto-dir=/opt/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/auto --with-texmf-dir=/usr/local/texlive/texmf-local
checking for make... make
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for date with git... git not found, checking for date in ChangeLog:
2017-12-10
checking for release with git... git not found, checking for release in ChangeLog:
12.1
checking for date with git... git not found, checking for date in ChangeLog:
2017-12-10
checking for release with git... git not found, checking for release in ChangeLog:
12.1
checking for emacs... /opt/local/bin/emacs
checking if /opt/local/bin/emacs is XEmacs... no
checking for Emacs prefix... "/opt/local"
checking if Emacs is recent enough... yes
checking for MULE support... yes
checking if build directory is valid... yes
checking where lisp files go... /opt/local/share/emacs/site-lisp
checking what file to use for auctex startup... /opt/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex.el
checking what file to use for preview startup... /opt/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/preview-latex.el
checking where the package lisp files go... /opt/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex
checking where the data files go... /opt/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex
checking where the info files go... ${datarootdir}/info
checking where automatically generated global style hooks go... /opt/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/auctex/auto
checking for tex... /usr/local/texlive/2020/bin/x86_64-darwin/tex
checking for pdftex... /usr/local/texlive/2020/bin/x86_64-darwin/pdftex
checking for dvips... /usr/local/texlive/2020/bin/x86_64-darwin/dvips
checking for gs... gs
checking for latex... /usr/local/texlive/2020/bin/x86_64-darwin/latex
checking for pdflatex... /usr/local/texlive/2020/bin/x86_64-darwin/pdflatex
checking for tex... (cached) /usr/local/texlive/2020/bin/x86_64-darwin/tex
Preview will be placed in /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/tex/latex/preview
Preview docs will be placed in /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local/doc/latex/styles
checking for texhash... /usr/local/texlive/2020/bin/x86_64-darwin/texhash
checking for initexmf... /usr/local/texlive/2020/bin/x86_64-darwin/texhash
checking for glaring installation conflicts... probably none
checking for perl... /opt/local/bin/perl
checking for makeinfo... /opt/local/bin/makeinfo
checking for texi2html... :
checking for texi2dvi... /opt/local/bin/texi2dvi
checking for texi2pdf... /opt/local/bin/texi2pdf
checking for texi2pdf... /opt/local/bin/texi2pdf
checking for install-info... /opt/local/bin/install-info
configure: creating ./config.status

The texlive dependencies should be put into a clause for non-MacTeX installation. The git problem is suspicious – I have installed:

  git @2.29.2_0+credential_osxkeychain+diff_highlight+doc+pcre+perl5_30 (active) platform='darwin 20' archs='x86_64' date='2020-11-16T11:02:05+0100'

The texi2* and makeinfo utilities come from the texinfo port which does not depend on TeX Live. So there is obviously no need for MacPorts' TeX Live.

[jjstickel (Jonathan Stickel)]

I recently volunteered to be maintainer of auctex (it was previously nomaintainer). I don't use mactex, and so I'm not able to fix the mactex variant myself. Happy to entertain patches or pull-requests, though.

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

Replying to jjstickel: I stopped using MacTeX…

[jjstickel (Jonathan Stickel)]

I'll leave this ticket up for awhile to see if there is anymore activity. If not, I'll likely deprecate and then remove the mactex variant.

[jbouttier]

Thanks jjstickel for picking up the torch. I have just attached a patch that seems to do the job.

[ballapete (Peter "Pete" Dyballa)]

configure.args-append  --with-emacs=${applications_dir}/Emacs.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs}}}

is only *one* option. A different `configure` argument is needed for a different `variant` of `GNU Emacs`:

{{{
configure.args-append  --with-emacs=${applications_dir}/EmacsMac.app/Contents/MacOS/Emacs
}}}

[jjstickel (Jonathan Stickel)]

In 4cda6d27dbbb48547a0c25c99ec42dcf864faf83/macports-ports (master):

auctex: mark as obsolete

• change maintainer to nomaintainer
• add Obsolete port to description
• change note to recommend auctex installation via ELPA/MELPA

Closes: #54841
Closes: #34846