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Manual PDFs other than en and es fail to build

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Manual PDFs other than en and es fail to build
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 16:23:09 +0200

Hi,

<https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/fr> lacks its PDF, and similarly for
/de (/ru and /zh-cn don’t have the PDF either, but that’s a known
limitation).

When running ‘guix build -f doc/build.scm’, we get hard-to-decipher
clues (thanks, TeX!):

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
/gnu/store/sqi9bbxd7czxcnvhmm037yd01vykcgza-texinfo-manual-source/guix.de.texi:21958: TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=5000].
@par ->@endgraf @pretolerance =100 @let @par 
                                             @endgraf 
@par ->@endgraf @pretolerance =100 @let @par 
                                             @endgraf 
@par ->@endgraf @pretolerance =100 @let @par 
                                             @endgraf 
@par ->@endgraf @pretolerance =100 @let @par 
                                             @endgraf 
@par ->@endgraf @pretolerance =100 @let @par 
                                             @endgraf 
@par ->@endgraf @pretolerance =100 @let @par 
                                             @endgraf 
...
l.21958 @uref{@uref{https://webssh.huashengdun.org/, WebSSH}}
                                                             , das einen
/gnu/store/sqi9bbxd7czxcnvhmm037yd01vykcgza-texinfo-manual-source/guix.de.texi:21958:  ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
Transcript written on guix.de.log.

[…]

/gnu/store/sqi9bbxd7czxcnvhmm037yd01vykcgza-texinfo-manual-source/guix.fr.texi:44195: This command can appear only outside of any environment, not in environment @deftypevr.
@badenverr ->@errhelp = @EMsimple @errmessage {This command can appear only @inenvironment @temp , not @inenvironment @thisenv }
                                                                                                                                
@checkenv #1->@def @temp {#1}@ifx @thisenv @temp @else @badenverr 
                                                                  @fi 
@chapmacro #1#2#3->@expandafter @ifx @thisenv @titlepage @else @checkenv {}
                                                                           @fi @let @prevchapterdefs =@currentchapterdefs @let @prevsectiondefs =@currentsectiondefs @gdef @currentsectiondefs {@gdef @thissectionname {}@gdef @thissectionnum {}@gdef @thi...
@unnumberedzzz ...obal @subsecno =0 @global @subsubsecno =0 @global @advance @unnumberedno by 1 @global @let @chaplevelprefix = @empty @resetallfloatnos @toks 0 = {#1}@message {(@the @toks 0)}@chapmacro {#1}{Ynothing}{@the @unnumberedno }
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @global @let ...
@genhead ... @chapheadtype N <at> errmessage {@appendix... within a non-appendix chapter}@fi @fi @fi @ifnum @absseclevel > @unnlevel @def @headtype {U}@else @chardef @unnlevel = 3 @fi @fi @if @headtype U <at> ifcase @absseclevel @unnumberedzzz {#3}
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @or @unnumber...
l.44195 @unnumbered Index de programmation
                                          
[721] (/tmp/guix-build-guix-pdf-manual.drv-0/guix.fr.fns
Overfull \hbox (20.40314pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 64--64
 []@smalltt enlightenment-desktop- |
[722] [723] [724]) [725] )
(@end occurred inside a group at level 1)

### semi simple group (level 1) entered at line 26480 (@begingroup)
### bottom level
(see the transcript file for additional information) <./cmr12.720pk> </gnu/store/fi336fykl2kzdnaq64j2zyf3f5jxrhm0-profile/share/texmf-dist/fonts/pk/ljfour/public/cm/dpi600/cmmi9.pk> </gnu/store/fi336fykl2kzdnaq64j2zyf3f5jxrhm0-profile/share/texmf-dist/fonts/pk/ljfour/public/cm/dpi600/cmr10.pk> <./cmss10.657pk> <./cmtt12.657pk> </gnu/store/fi336fykl2kzdnaq64j2zyf3f5jxrhm0-profile/share/texmf-dist/fonts/pk/ljfour/public/cm/dpi600/cmsy9.pk> </gnu/store/fi336fykl2kzdnaq64j2zyf3f5jxrhm0-profile/share/texmf-dist/fonts/pk/ljfour/public/cm/dpi600/cmti9.pk> </gnu/store/fi336fykl2kzdnaq64j2zyf3f5jxrhm0-profile/share/texmf-dist/fonts/pk/ljfour/public/cm/dpi600/cmsl9.pk> <./cmsl10.720pk> <./cmb10.720pk> <./cmsltt10.720pk> <./cmtt12.720pk> <./cmtt10.720pk>{/gnu/store/fi336fykl2kzdnaq64j2zyf3f5jxrhm0-profile/share/texmf-dist/fonts/enc/dvips/cm-super/cm-super-t1.enc} <./cmsltt10.540pk> <./cmbx12.657pk> <./cmsltt10.657pk> <./cmb10.657pk> </gnu/store/fi336fykl2kzdnaq64j2zyf3f5jxrhm0-profile/share/texmf
-dist/fonts/pk/ljfour/public/cm/dpi600/cmtt9.pk> </gnu/store/fi336fykl2kzdnaq64j2zyf3f5jxrhm0-profile/share/texmf-dist/fonts/pk/ljfour/public/cm/dpi600/cmr9.pk> <./cmti10.657pk> <./cmsl10.657pk> </gnu/store/fi336fykl2kzdnaq64j2zyf3f5jxrhm0-profile/share/texmf-dist/fonts/pk/ljfour/public/cm/dpi600/cmr7.pk> </gnu/store/fi336fykl2kzdnaq64j2zyf3f5jxrhm0-profile/share/texmf-dist/fonts/pk/ljfour/public/cm/dpi600/cmb10.pk> <./cmtt10.657pk> <./cmmi10.657pk> <./cmmi12.720pk> <./cmbx12.864pk> </gnu/store/fi336fykl2kzdnaq64j2zyf3f5jxrhm0-profile/share/texmf-dist/fonts/pk/ljfour/public/cm/dpi600/cmr8.pk> <./cmsy10.657pk> <./cmbx12.720pk> <./cmr10.657pk> <./cmbx12.1037pk></gnu/store/fi336fykl2kzdnaq64j2zyf3f5jxrhm0-profile/share/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/cm-super/sfrm0900.pfb></gnu/store/fi336fykl2kzdnaq64j2zyf3f5jxrhm0-profile/share/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/cm-super/sfrm1095.pfb></gnu/store/fi336fykl2kzdnaq64j2zyf3f5jxrhm0-profile/share/texmf-dist/fonts/type1/public/cm-super/sftt1095.pfb>

Output written on guix.fr.pdf (736 pages, 2668969 bytes).
Transcript written on guix.fr.log.
/gnu/store/fi336fykl2kzdnaq64j2zyf3f5jxrhm0-profile/bin/texi2dvi: pdftex exited with bad status, quitting.


Failed to produce PDF for language 'fr'!
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I also see things like:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
Writing index file guix.fr.cp
l.527: Unicode char @u8:. not defined for Texinfo l.527: Unicode char @u8:. not defined for Texinfo
Missing character: There is no  in font cmr10!
Missing character: There is no  in font cmr10!
Missing character: There is no  in font cmr10!
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Two possible culprits I can think of:

  1. Some weird problem in the de/fr translations that would cause
     problems for PDF output but not for HTML/Info (hard to believe).

  2. A font issue caused by 1cde647cc05c640fbfa6f9779a0d7854bb90e153:
     that commit removed use of the monolithic texlive, which is good,
     but maybe the problem that were described in a comment there are
     not solved?  On this topic, Ricardo recently reminded me of
     <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/33094#7>.

Maxim, Julien, anyone: thoughts?  I feel lost in the dark here.  :-)

Ludo’.

Message #8 received at 58333 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>, 58333 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58333: Manual PDFs other than en and es fail to build
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 12:02:31 -0400

Hi Ludovic,

Thanks for reporting the issue!

Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Hi,
>
> <https://guix.gnu.org/manual/devel/fr> lacks its PDF, and similarly for
> /de (/ru and /zh-cn don’t have the PDF either, but that’s a known
> limitation).

Right.  A known self-caused limitation by Texinfo (for reinventing TeX
things itself in a way that breaks that), according to TeX people I had
asked in #latex.  It's probably fixable by reusing more primitives of
TeX rather than re-implementing them, but I'm no TeX expert!

> When running ‘guix build -f doc/build.scm’, we get hard-to-decipher
> clues (thanks, TeX!):
>
> /gnu/store/sqi9bbxd7czxcnvhmm037yd01vykcgza-texinfo-manual-source/guix.de.texi:21958: TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [input stack size=5000].

I guess the above is a serious warning that may be the cause of the
subsequent failures?  We should try to have it fixed to see if it helps.

> @par ->@endgraf @pretolerance =100 @let @par 
>                                              @endgraf 
> @par ->@endgraf @pretolerance =100 @let @par 
>                                              @endgraf 
> @par ->@endgraf @pretolerance =100 @let @par 
>                                              @endgraf 
> @par ->@endgraf @pretolerance =100 @let @par 
>                                              @endgraf 
> @par ->@endgraf @pretolerance =100 @let @par 
>                                              @endgraf 
> @par ->@endgraf @pretolerance =100 @let @par 
>                                              @endgraf 
> ...
> l.21958 @uref{@uref{https://webssh.huashengdun.org/, WebSSH}}
>                                                              , das einen
> /gnu/store/sqi9bbxd7czxcnvhmm037yd01vykcgza-texinfo-manual-source/guix.de.texi:21958:  ==> Fatal error occurred, no output PDF file produced!
> Transcript written on guix.de.log.
>

[...]

> Failed to produce PDF for language 'fr'!
>
>
> I also see things like:
>
> Writing index file guix.fr.cp
> l.527: Unicode char @u8:. not defined for Texinfo l.527: Unicode char @u8:. not defined for Texinfo
> Missing character: There is no  in font cmr10!
> Missing character: There is no  in font cmr10!
> Missing character: There is no  in font cmr10!
>
>
>
> Two possible culprits I can think of:
>
>   1. Some weird problem in the de/fr translations that would cause
>      problems for PDF output but not for HTML/Info (hard to believe).
>
>   2. A font issue caused by 1cde647cc05c640fbfa6f9779a0d7854bb90e153:
>      that commit removed use of the monolithic texlive, which is good,
>      but maybe the problem that were described in a comment there are
>      not solved?  On this topic, Ricardo recently reminded me of
>      <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/33094#7>.

It's possible the font error seen above was caused by 2., but note that
at the time I made the change from the monolithic to minimal tex
dependencies, the French and German PDFs generation was already broken
(see: https://logs.guix.gnu.org/guix/2022-06-15.log#225709).

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim

Message #11 received at 58333 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: 58333 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Manual PDFs other than en and es fail to build
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 00:14:53 +0200

The error in guix.de.texi is an infinite loop.  The location it points
out is wrong syntax:

    @uref{@uref{https://webssh.huashengdun.org/, WebSSH}}

There shouldn’t be a double-wrapping in @uref.

-- 
Ricardo

Message #14 received at 58333 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: 58333 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Manual PDFs other than en and es fail to build
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 00:35:45 +0200

The first error in guix.fr.texi is encountered here:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
Overfull \hbox (31.11255pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 26508--26508
 []@deftt getmail-retriever-configuration[] |
Runaway argument?
10000 @advance @rightskip by 0pt plus 1fil <at> relax @endgraf @nobreak @vskip -@parskip @penalty @defunpenalty @checkparencounts @endgroup Le type de récupérateur de courriel à utiliser. Des valeurs valides sont @samp {passwd} et @samp {static}.@ETC.
/gnu/store/lrw46dlqll6z9pxm18zqvwxfmi03w7kp-texinfo-manual-source/guix.fr.texi:26517: Paragraph ended before @deftypecvgeneral was complete.
<to be read again> 
                   @par 
l.26517 
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I don’t see anything wrong here, but I’ll note a missing space after }}
on the first line:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
@deftypevr {paramètre de @code{getmail-retriever-configuration}}string type
Le type de récupérateur de courriel à utiliser.  Des valeurs valides sont
@samp{passwd} et @samp{static}.

La valeur par défaut est @samp{"SimpleIMAPSSLRetriever"}.

@end deftypevr
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---


-- 
Ricardo

Message #17 received at 58333 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: 58333 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Manual PDFs other than en and es fail to build
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 08:34:51 +0200

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> writes:

> The error in guix.de.texi is an infinite loop.  The location it points
> out is wrong syntax:
>
>     @uref{@uref{https://webssh.huashengdun.org/, WebSSH}}
>
> There shouldn’t be a double-wrapping in @uref.

I can confirm that fixing the bad translation in
po/doc/guix-manual.de.po allows us to build the German version of the
PDF manual.

-- 
Ricardo

Message #20 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>,
 58333 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58333: Manual PDFs other than en and es fail to build
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 08:46:23 +0200

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You can push this fix directly to the repo, but please also fix it on weblate or it'll break again next time I update translations.

Le 7 octobre 2022 08:34:51 GMT+02:00, Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> a écrit :
>
>Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> writes:
>
>> The error in guix.de.texi is an infinite loop.  The location it points
>> out is wrong syntax:
>>
>>     @uref{@uref{https://webssh.huashengdun.org/, WebSSH}}
>>
>> There shouldn’t be a double-wrapping in @uref.
>
>I can confirm that fixing the bad translation in
>po/doc/guix-manual.de.po allows us to build the German version of the
>PDF manual.
>
>-- 
>Ricardo
>
>
>

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Message #26 received at 58333 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: 58333 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Manual PDFs other than en and es fail to build
Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 08:43:50 +0200

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With these two changes I can build both German and French PDF manuals:

[fix-pdf-manuals.patch (text/x-patch, inline)]

diff --git a/po/doc/guix-manual.de.po b/po/doc/guix-manual.de.po
index edbe853248..cd7eff86f5 100644
--- a/po/doc/guix-manual.de.po
+++ b/po/doc/guix-manual.de.po
@@ -38181,7 +38181,7 @@ msgstr "{Scheme-Variable} webssh-service-type"
 #. type: deffn
 #: guix-git/doc/guix.texi:20494
 msgid "This is the type for the @uref{https://webssh.huashengdun.org/, WebSSH} program that runs a web SSH client.  WebSSH can be run manually from the command-line by passing arguments to the binary @command{wssh} from the package @code{webssh}, but it can also be run as a Guix service.  This latter use case is documented here."
-msgstr "Dies ist der Diensttyp für das Programm @uref{@uref{https://webssh.huashengdun.org/, WebSSH}}, das einen webbasierten SSH-Client ausführt. WebSSH kann von Hand aus der Befehlszeile heraus aufgerufen werden, indem man Argumente an die Binärdatei @command{wssh} aus dem Paket @code{webssh} übergibt, aber es kann auch als ein Guix-Dienst ausgeführt werden. Letzteres wird hier beschrieben."
+msgstr "Dies ist der Diensttyp für das Programm @uref{https://webssh.huashengdun.org/, WebSSH}, das einen webbasierten SSH-Client ausführt. WebSSH kann von Hand aus der Befehlszeile heraus aufgerufen werden, indem man Argumente an die Binärdatei @command{wssh} aus dem Paket @code{webssh} übergibt, aber es kann auch als ein Guix-Dienst ausgeführt werden. Letzteres wird hier beschrieben."
 
 #. type: deffn
 #: guix-git/doc/guix.texi:20500
diff --git a/po/doc/guix-manual.fr.po b/po/doc/guix-manual.fr.po
index 6762909beb..b0de8a75ba 100644
--- a/po/doc/guix-manual.fr.po
+++ b/po/doc/guix-manual.fr.po
@@ -48355,7 +48355,7 @@ msgstr "Les champs de @code{getmail-retriever-configuration} disponibles sont :"
 #: guix-git/doc/guix.texi:25540
 #, no-wrap
 msgid "{@code{getmail-retriever-configuration} parameter} string type"
-msgstr "{paramètre de @code{getmail-retriever-configuration}}string type"
+msgstr "{paramètre de @code{getmail-retriever-configuration}} string type"
 
 #. type: deftypevr
 #: guix-git/doc/guix.texi:25543

[Message part 3 (text/plain, inline)]

-- 
Ricardo

Message #31 received at 58333-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu>
Cc: 58333-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58333: Manual PDFs other than en and es fail to build
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2022 10:01:47 +0200

Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu> writes:

> You can push this fix directly to the repo, but please also fix it on
> weblate or it'll break again next time I update translations.

I pushed the fix and made a change in the German translation on weblate;
the change for the French translation had already been made on weblate.

-- 
Ricardo

Message #34 received at 58333 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
To: 58333 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: rekado <at> elephly.net, ludo <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58333: Manual PDFs other than en and es fail to build
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2022 13:58:28 +0200

Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> writes:
> Julien Lepiller <julien <at> lepiller.eu> writes:
>
>> You can push this fix directly to the repo, but please also fix it on
>> weblate or it'll break again next time I update translations.
>
> I pushed the fix and made a change in the German translation on weblate;
> the change for the French translation had already been made on weblate.

Thank you!

Regards,
Florian

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