Hi Rex,
>>>>> "Rex" == Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> wrote:
Rex> Alberto LUSIANI wrote:
>>>>>>> "Rex" == Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> wrote:
Rex> FYI, I've submitted maxima for inclusion into Fedora Extras:
Rex> maxima-5.9.0: http://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=754
Rex> maxima-5.9.0.9beta2
Rex> http://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1948 Feedback is
Rex> welcome.
>> I have recently made some refinements to a .src.rpm file originally
>> written by James Amundson <amundson@fnal.gov> for
>> maxima-5.9.0.9beta2 (exactly your version) for RedHat 9. Perhaps
>> you could incorporate also my improvements in a subsequent release.
>> I have looked at your .src.rpm file and these refinements appears
>> to be missing. Here is a description:
Rex> I see a *LOT* of upstream bugs here. Are these addressed/fixed
Rex> in the latest beta?
I am using the last beta I believe, anyway the same you use.
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>> - in your package, there is no texhash call for the installed tex
>> file (which is left in /usr/share/maxima). My -emacs rpm includes:
Rex> What's the purpose of this tex file? And how is texhash supposed
Rex> to find it if it's not in /usr/share/texmf?
The tex file is used in conjunction with emaxima.el to format maxima
sessions in latex). One can even use emaxima.el+emaxima.sty with
preview-latex.
Yes I agre that if the .sty file is not properly installed, then
there is no point in calling texhash.
In my .spec file I install the tex file on the proper
place: %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/texmf/tex/latex/emaxima/emaxima.sty.
>> Your rpm does not produce the maxima book, whose sources are
>> included in the maxima tar file. Some work has to be done in order
>> to produce a PDF file from the provided sources: - the breqn latex
>> package has to be included - two .tex files in the distribution
>> must be replaced This is how I build maxima.pdf and intromax.pdf:
Rex> I assume these aren't built as part of the normal make; make
Rex> install process. ??
Right.
Rex> If not, why not?
I don't know, probably it is work on progress. Agreed it is not a
fault of your .spec file, however, if you would like to produce the
two PDFs that can be produced with minimal adjustements, my .spec file
gives an example how.
Greetings,
--
Alberto