Bug 690678

Summary:	openout_any = p setting in texmf.cnf (texlive-bin-latex-2010-4.6.i586) causes regressions
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE 11.4	Reporter:	Stefan Sauer <ensonic>
Component:	Other	Assignee:	Thomas Schraitle <thomas.schraitle>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	werner
Version:	Final
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Description Stefan Sauer 2011-04-28 19:48:36 UTC

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The setting of "openout_any = p" in texmf.cnf got introduced or changed. This breaks tools (like e.g. dblatex) that call makeindex and specify absolute pathname to /tmp for intermediate files. The option 'p' ( = paranoid) does not allow absolute path names.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual Results:  
XSLT stylesheets DocBook -  LaTeX 2e (0.2.7)
===================================================
Build tester-docs.pdf
processing index /tmp/tmpUOeuaU/tester-docs_tmp.idx...

makeindex: Not writing to /tmp/tmpUOeuaU/tester-docs_tmp.ind (openout_any = p).
Can't create output index file /tmp/tmpUOeuaU/tester-docs_tmp.ind.
Usage: makeindex [-ilqrcgLT] [-s sty] [-o ind] [-t log] [-p num] [idx0 idx1 ...]
could not make index /tmp/tmpUOeuaU/tester-docs_tmp.ind
Error: pdflatex compilation failed


Expected Results:  
XSLT stylesheets DocBook -  LaTeX 2e (0.2.7)
===================================================
Build tester-docs.pdf
processing index /tmp/tmpTUKMFT/tester-docs_tmp.idx...
This is makeindex, version 2.15 [TeX Live 2010] (kpathsea + Thai support).
Scanning style file /usr/share/dblatex/latex/scripts/doc.ist....done (4 attributes redefined, 0 ignored).
Scanning input file /tmp/tmpTUKMFT/tester-docs_tmp.idx....done (26 entries accepted, 0 rejected).
Sorting entries....done (124 comparisons).
Generating output file /tmp/tmpTUKMFT/tester-docs_tmp.ind....done (30 lines written, 0 warnings).
Output written in /tmp/tmpTUKMFT/tester-docs_tmp.ind.
Transcript written in /tmp/tmpTUKMFT/tester-docs_tmp.ilg.

Comment 1 Dr. Werner Fink 2011-06-28 17:20:06 UTC

This is a hard security setup provided by TeXLive upstream.
Why do you think I should change this?

You may discuss this with the TeXLive people as I'd like
*not* to change upstream in this case.

As workaround I suggest

    export TEXMFOUTPUT=/tmp

which should work in your case.

Comment 2 Dr. Werner Fink 2011-07-01 11:29:40 UTC

Ping? Any news on that issue?

Comment 3 Stefan Sauer 2011-07-01 14:51:10 UTC

This got fixed in dblatex, so if OpenSUSE pulls the latest released dblatex it will work too. I was filing the bug as it was a regression. This worked before. I'll leave it up to you, whether you downgrade the new setting or update dblatex for bug resolution.

Comment 4 Thomas Schraitle 2011-08-12 13:34:23 UTC

Thanks Stefan for the bug report and sorry for the late answer.

I've created a submitrequest #78661 and forwarded it to Factory. The latest version of dblatex is in the "Publishing" repo available.

Let me know if this is ok for you. :)

Comment 5 Stefan Sauer 2011-08-12 14:17:43 UTC

Cool & thanks! Fine for me.