ifpdf downloaded from CTAN cannot generate sty

[andrersimoes]

Hi Mr. Oberdiek.

I'm having a strange problem with ifpdf.

I cannot generate a single sty file when i run latex on ifpdf.dtx. However, the compilation ends ok, releasing no error messages.

I've also tried the same with a different package (hologo), which, by the contrary, it ended up generating hologo.sty.

Is there any extra step for this specific case ?

I'm using Slackware 14.2 and TeX, Version 3.141592 (Web2C 7.5.4)

My input and output files goes inside this compressed package: ifpdf.aux.zip

Thanks in advance, André Simões.

[davidcarlisle]

On 14 March 2017 at 01:57, andrersimoes notifications@github.com wrote:

Hi Mr. Oberdiek.

I'm having a strange problem with ifpdf.

I cannot generate a single sty file when i run latex on ifpdf.dtx. However, the compilation ends ok, releasing no error messages.

I've also tried the same with a different package (hologo), which, by the contrary, it ended up generating hologo.sty.

Is there any extra step for this specific case ?

I'm using Slackware 14.2 and TeX, Version 3.141592 (Web2C 7.5.4)

My input and output files goes inside this compressed package: ifpdf.aux.zip https://github.com/ho-tex/oberdiek/files/840058/ifpdf.aux.zip

Thanks in advance, André Simões.

ifpdf should be in any tex distribution (or available in its package manager if you started wit ha really minimal distribution) so it is very rare for anyone to need to install from ctan, an ifpdf.ins is generated locally but not in the distribution, sorry about that. Save this as ifpdf.ins

\input docstrip \keepsilent \preamble \endpreamble

\askforoverwritefalse

\generate{\file{ifpdf.sty}{\from{ifpdf.dtx}{package}}}

\endbatchfile

%%%%%%%%

and then running tex on ifpdf.ins will generate the .sty.

I'll arrange that either that gets on to ctan or (probably better) re-enable it extraction from the dtx file, which I think got broken while arranging things for the new luatex

Thanks for the report

David

[davidcarlisle]

Hopefully https://github.com/ho-tex/oberdiek/blob/master/ifpdf.dtx

works as you expect, processing with plain tex should extract the .sty file.

[andrersimoes]

Hi Mr. David.

I'm at my work now. And here we use Debian.

If i tex a local copy of https://github.com/ho-tex/oberdiek/blob/master/ifpdf.dtx in my machine I receive this message

This is TeX, Version 3.14159265 (TeX Live 2015/dev/Debian) (preloaded format=tex)
(./ifpdf.dtx
! Undefined control sequence.
l.9           \ProvidesFile
                          {ifpdf.dtx}

I've tried with "latex" command and it works. But i receive no sty, too.

The good part is that your last "ins" file works pretty well !!!

I'll try the same from my computer at night, and I'll come back here to tell the results.

Thanks again. André.

[davidcarlisle]

can you check your browser cache that you are seeing/downloading the changed file, it should start like

$ head ifpdf.dtx % \iffalse %% Source File: ifpdf.dtx %% Copyright 2016 Heiko Oberdiek and LaTeX3 project %% %% This file may be distributed under the terms of the LPPL. %% See README for details. % %<*ignore> \ifx\ProvidesFile\undefined\let\install y\fi \ifx\install y\else

with the <ignore><install> blocks being new and acting as the installer if used with tex (or pdftex) what you show is what would have happened before I changed it.

David

On 14 March 2017 at 18:31, andrersimoes notifications@github.com wrote:

Hi Mr. David.

I'm at my work now. And here we use Debian.

If i tex https://github.com/ho-tex/oberdiek/blob/master/ifpdf.dtx I receive this message This is TeX, Version 3.14159265 (TeX Live 2015/dev/Debian) (preloaded format=tex) (./ifpdf.dtx ! Undefined control sequence. l.9 \ProvidesFile {ifpdf.dtx}

I've tried with "latex" command and it works. But i receive no sty, too.

The good part is that your last "ins" file works pretty well !!!

I'll try the same from my computer at night, and I'll come back here to tell the results.

Thanks again. André.

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[andrersimoes]

Hi Mr. David.

I've copied all file contents directly from the last commit and the sty file generation is now working.

If you need some help to check a new deployment in CTAN's webpage just let me know.

Andre

[davidcarlisle]

thanks for letting me know, there is one further change I just made for issue #23 that just came in today.

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Hi Mr. David.

I've copied all file contents directly from the last commit and the sty file generation is now working.

If you need some help to check a new deployment in CTAN's webpage just let me know.

Andre

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[davidcarlisle]

This is now on ctan, thanks for the comment.