Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1034036AbcJaWEq (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Oct 2016 18:04:46 -0400 Received: from mail-yw0-f176.google.com ([209.85.161.176]:35913 "EHLO mail-yw0-f176.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S947362AbcJaWEo (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Oct 2016 18:04:44 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20161031145850.266feaeb@vela.lan> References: <20161031131524.581accdc@lwn.net> <20161031141759.7eb1c9e5@vela.lan> <20161031145850.266feaeb@vela.lan> From: Jim Davis Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:04:42 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: make pdfdocs fails with v4.9-rc3 To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Cc: Jonathan Corbet , linux-doc , linux-kernel Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 5105 Lines: 161 On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote: > Em Mon, 31 Oct 2016 14:17:59 -0600 > Mauro Carvalho Chehab escreveu: > >> Em Mon, 31 Oct 2016 13:15:24 -0600 >> Jonathan Corbet escreveu: >> >> > On Mon, 31 Oct 2016 11:51:20 -0700 >> > Jim Davis wrote: >> > >> > > Running make pdfdocs on a Ubuntu 16.04 system fails with >> > > >> > > Makefile:58: recipe for target 'media.pdf' failed >> > > make[2]: *** [media.pdf] Error 1 >> > > Documentation/Makefile.sphinx:79: recipe for target 'pdfdocs' failed >> > > make[1]: *** [pdfdocs] Error 2 >> > > Makefile:1442: recipe for target 'pdfdocs' failed >> > > make: *** [pdfdocs] Error 2 >> > > >> > > It's not clear from the voluminous (>5MB) output from make pdfdocs >> > > exactly which stage is failing, and there are some pdf files produced >> > > in output/latex. >> > >> > Hmm, so it does. It comes down to this: >> > >> > ! LaTeX Error: \DUrole undefined. >> > >> > See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. >> > Type H for immediate help. >> > ... >> > >> > l.195 \renewcommand*{\DUrole} >> > [2]{ #2 } >> > >> > Where the offending command is in Documentation/media/index.rst. Mauro, >> > got an idea for what's going on there? >> >> Sphinx is really a poor solution when it comes to PDF output. In this >> specific case, this is meant to fix a problem with cross-references. >> >> What happens is that Sphinx 1.4.6 (and later?) define reference names without >> being properly escaped. So, for some references, it causes the PDF output >> to crash. That happens at one of the DVB header files, if I remember well. >> >> This commit restores the sphinx 1.2.x behavior: >> >> commit e61a39baf74dddb6cd236147bd19b55c10188d78 >> Author: Mauro Carvalho Chehab >> Date: Sun Aug 21 15:14:57 2016 -0300 >> >> [media] index.rst: Fix LaTeX error in interactive mode on Sphinx 1.4.x >> >> The Sphinx 1.4.x definition for \DUrole is: >> >> \providecommand*{\DUrole}[2]{% >> \ifcsname DUrole#1\endcsname% >> \csname DUrole#1\endcsname{#2}% >> \else% backwards compatibility: try \docutilsrole#1{#2} >> \ifcsname docutilsrole#1\endcsname% >> \csname docutilsrole#1\endcsname{#2}% >> \else% >> #2% >> \fi% >> \fi% >> } >> >> This is broken when it is used inside a \begin{alltt} block. >> So, replace it by just "#2", as this won't cause troubles, and >> it is one of the fallback methods for it. >> >> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab >> >> At the time I tested, it worked fine, but maybe it is redefining the >> \DUrole too late. >> >> Maybe we could move it to LaTeX preamble instead. Please check if this >> untested patch fixes the issue. > > Yes, this seems to be the case. The patch below should fix it. > > [PATCH] docs-rst: fix PDF build errors > > PDF build on Kernel 4.9-rc? returns an error. This is > because we're re-defining a command too late. Move > such redefinition to LaTeX preamble. > > Tested by building the documentation on interactive mode: > make PDFLATEX=xelatex -C Documentation/output/./latex > > Fixes: e61a39baf74d ("[media] index.rst: Fix LaTeX error in interactive mode on Sphinx 1.4.x") > > Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab > > diff --git a/Documentation/conf.py b/Documentation/conf.py > index d9bad21dd427..d9ebfeb431a9 100644 > --- a/Documentation/conf.py > +++ b/Documentation/conf.py > @@ -329,6 +329,9 @@ latex_elements = { > % To allow adjusting table sizes > \\usepackage{adjustbox} > > + % Fix reference escape troubles with Sphinx 1.4.x > + \\renewcommand*{\\DUrole}[2]{ #2 } > + > ''' > } > > diff --git a/Documentation/media/index.rst b/Documentation/media/index.rst > index e347a3e7bdef..7f8f0af620ce 100644 > --- a/Documentation/media/index.rst > +++ b/Documentation/media/index.rst > @@ -1,11 +1,6 @@ > Linux Media Subsystem Documentation > =================================== > > -.. Sphinx 1.4.x has a definition for DUrole that doesn't work on alltt blocks > -.. raw:: latex > - > - \renewcommand*{\DUrole}[2]{ #2 } > - > Contents: > > .. toctree:: > > > > > Cheers, > Mauro After applying the patch I'm seeing a similar error message [...] Running Sphinx v1.3.1 [...] ! LaTeX Error: \DUrole undefined. See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation. Type H for immediate help. ... l.79 ^^I\renewcommand*{\DUrole} [2]{ #2 } but in a different place Makefile:58: recipe for target 'development-process.pdf' failed make[2]: *** [development-process.pdf] Error 1 Documentation/Makefile.sphinx:79: recipe for target 'pdfdocs' failed It was failing with the media.pdf target before. And there was a development-process.pdf file created; it doesn't have the table of contents but from a quick look the actual text looks reasonable. -- Jim