Makefile.unix undefined variable and missing file

[mgerrard]

The INSTALL variable is not defined in Makefile.unix, and the Makefile looks for a file named 'ctwill.1' that is not present in the archived ctwill project.

[ascherer]

I don't think that I ever invoked make -f Makefile.unix install directly. All is prepared by cwebbin.spec nicely:

• INSTALL is set to install in %make_install
• ctwill.1 is created from ctwill.md by pandoc

[mgerrard]

I see, thanks. I was following the steps in README.txt (specifically, step 5).

[ascherer]

I'll have to call this deprecated.

[mgerrard]

I'm on Ubuntu 22.04, and after installing debbuild (version 22.02.1) and performing the setup steps described in the "advanced packaging" section on the README.md, upon running debbuild -bi SPECS/cwebbin.spec --with texlive, I see the error message: Exec of /var/tmp/deb-tmp.prep.59800 failed (%prep): 512. I looked into cwebbin.spec and the debbuild repo, but I'm not sure how to get past this error.

[ascherer]

Please submit that file.

[mgerrard]

#!/bin/sh

  RPM_SOURCE_DIR="/home/mjg6v/debbuild/SOURCES"
  RPM_BUILD_DIR="/home/mjg6v/debbuild/BUILD"
  RPM_OPT_FLAGS="-O2 -g"
  RPM_ARCH="amd64"
  RPM_OS="linux"
  export RPM_SOURCE_DIR RPM_BUILD_DIR RPM_OPT_FLAGS RPM_ARCH RPM_OS
  RPM_DOC_DIR="/usr/share/doc"
  export RPM_DOC_DIR
  RPM_PACKAGE_NAME="cwebbin-texlive"
  RPM_PACKAGE_VERSION="4.8"
  RPM_PACKAGE_RELEASE="2022.2"
  export RPM_PACKAGE_NAME RPM_PACKAGE_VERSION RPM_PACKAGE_RELEASE
  LANG=C
  export LANG
  unset CDPATH DISPLAY ||:
  RPM_BUILD_ROOT="/var/tmp/cwebbin-texlive-4.8-root"
  export RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 
  exec > /dev/null
  umask 022
  cd "$RPM_BUILD_DIR"
/bin/rm -rf 'cwebbin-texlive-4.8'
/bin/mkdir -p cwebbin-texlive-4.8
cd 'cwebbin-texlive-4.8'
/bin/gzip -dc '/home/mjg6v/debbuild/SOURCES/ctwill.tar.gz' | /bin/tar -xf -
STATUS=$?
if [ $STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
  exit $STATUS
fi
/bin/gzip -dc '/home/mjg6v/debbuild/SOURCES/cweb-4.8.tar.gz' | /bin/tar -xf -
STATUS=$?
if [ $STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
  exit $STATUS
fi
/bin/gzip -dc '/home/mjg6v/debbuild/SOURCES/cwebbin-2022.2.tar.gz' | /bin/tar -xf -
STATUS=$?
if [ $STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
  exit $STATUS
fi
/bin/chmod -Rf a+rX,u+w,go-w .

/usr/bin/test -r /home/mjg6v/debbuild/SOURCES/0001-Support-extended-syntax-for-numeric-literals.patch || { /bin/echo 'Cannot read /home/mjg6v/debbuild/SOURCES/0001-Support-extended-syntax-for-numeric-literals.patch'; exit 1; }
/bin/cat /home/mjg6v/debbuild/SOURCES/0001-Support-extended-syntax-for-numeric-literals.patch | 
/usr/bin/patch  -s -F 0 --no-backup-if-mismatch
STATUS=$?
if [ $STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
  exit $STATUS
fi
/usr/bin/test -r /home/mjg6v/debbuild/SOURCES/0002-Purge-redundant-TeX-macro.patch || { /bin/echo 'Cannot read /home/mjg6v/debbuild/SOURCES/0002-Purge-redundant-TeX-macro.patch'; exit 1; }
/bin/cat /home/mjg6v/debbuild/SOURCES/0002-Purge-redundant-TeX-macro.patch | 
/usr/bin/patch  -s -F 0 --no-backup-if-mismatch
STATUS=$?
if [ $STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
  exit $STATUS
fi
/usr/bin/test -r /home/mjg6v/debbuild/SOURCES/0003-Adapt-to-CWEB-4.5.patch || { /bin/echo 'Cannot read /home/mjg6v/debbuild/SOURCES/0003-Adapt-to-CWEB-4.5.patch'; exit 1; }
/bin/cat /home/mjg6v/debbuild/SOURCES/0003-Adapt-to-CWEB-4.5.patch | 
/usr/bin/patch  -s -F 0 --no-backup-if-mismatch
STATUS=$?
if [ $STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
  exit $STATUS
fi
/usr/bin/test -r /home/mjg6v/debbuild/SOURCES/0004-Add-silent-datecontentspage-macro.patch || { /bin/echo 'Cannot read /home/mjg6v/debbuild/SOURCES/0004-Add-silent-datecontentspage-macro.patch'; exit 1; }
/bin/cat /home/mjg6v/debbuild/SOURCES/0004-Add-silent-datecontentspage-macro.patch | 
/usr/bin/patch  -s -F 0 --no-backup-if-mismatch
STATUS=$?
if [ $STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
  exit $STATUS
fi

for f in Makefile.unix po/cweb.pot po/*/cweb.po
do /bin/sed -i -e "s/@@VERSION@@/Version 4.8 [CWEBbin 2022.2]/" $f; done

/bin/sed -i -e "s/# \(.*-texlive\)/\1/" Makefile.unix



exit $?

[ascherer]

What is the output when you run this script?

[mgerrard]

./deb-tmp.prep.54395.sh: 23: cd: can't cd to /home/mjg6v/debbuild/BUILD
gzip: /home/mjg6v/debbuild/SOURCES/ctwill.tar.gz: No such file or directory
/bin/tar: This does not look like a tar archive
/bin/tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

[mgerrard]

I'll create a debbuild folder in my home directory, copy the relevant build arena files, and try again.

[mgerrard]

That change ran without errors.

[mgerrard]

Now when I run debbuild -bi SPECS/cwebbin.spec --with texlive I see the message * Warning: texlive is probably installed but seems to be a virtual package.. When I run cweave --version I still see the CWEAVE 4.4 (TeX Live 2022/dev/Debian) banner.

[mgerrard]

I see there are further steps to execute in the cweb for texlive section, please disregard the last comment.

[ascherer]

I think you're on a good way.

[mgerrard]

My system does not have a texk directory. I installed texlive-full using Debian's package manager. Is installing texlive from source required?

[mgerrard]

I'm trying to update cweb from the TeXlive version (4.4) because I am getting errors that I do not get using DEK's old version. On the following CWEB file:

@ A trivial program.

@c
#include<stdio.h>
int main() {
  printf("hello, world\n");
}

After running cweave trivial.w and then tex trivial.tex, I see the error message

This is TeX, Version 3.141592653 (TeX Live 2022/dev/Debian) (preloaded format=tex)
(./trivial.tex (/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/plain/cweb/cwebmac.tex)
Index: (./trivial.idx)
! Missing control sequence inserted.
<inserted text> 
                \inaccessible 
<to be read again> 
                   {
<argument> ...\let \delimiter "5267309 =\RB \let {
                                                  \accent "7E =}\TL \let \ =...

\takethree #1#2#3->#3
                     
\rheader ...htrm \qquad \title \hfill \grouptitle 
                                                  \qquad \mainfont \the \pag...

\normaloutput ... {\vbox to10pt{}\ifodd \pageno #3
                                                  \else #2\fi }\fi \vfill #1...
...
l.14 \fin
         
?

which I can avoid by not include any index, but I would like to have an index for some programs. Do you know if I am doing something wrong or have something misconfigured?

[ascherer]

I'm trying to update cweb from the TeXlive version (4.4)

Ouch, that's way old! (June 2021); TeX Live 2022 shipped with CWEB 4.7 and currently has 4.8[.1]. Note that in about three weeks, TeX Live 2023 will be released: https://www.tug.org/texlive/

My recommendation: Please uninstall all Debian packages of TeX Live and replace them with the genuine product as described here: https://www.tug.org/texlive/quickinstall.html

You may want to keep the Debian package manager satisfied by following this recipe: https://www.tug.org/texlive/debian.html#vanilla

Compiling TeX Live locally requires the full source tree: https://www.tug.org/texlive/svn/

[mgerrard]

OK, I'll put the genuine TeX Live product on my machine. Thanks for the help!

[ascherer]

After running cweave trivial.w and then tex trivial.tex, I see the error message

It seems you ran into ascherer/cweb#41

The misbehaviour for trivial CWEB input (no starred sections) started with cwebmac.tex 4.6 and was only recently fixed in cwebmac.tex 4.9 (shipped with current TeX Live). I have no idea why Debian would ship cweave 4.4 with cwebmac.tex 4.6.

[mgerrard]

My recommendation: Please uninstall all Debian packages of TeX Live and replace them with the genuine product

Thanks, the real deal is now on my machine.

recently fixed in cwebmac.tex 4.9

Great, I'll update TeX Live in a few weeks. I'll use starred sections, which is probably good practice anyways. Thanks again for your help.