BibTeX fails with magic filestructure specification

[SamWolski]

When compiling into specific output directories (eg ./build), BibTeX behaves correctly when the globals are set in the package settings.

However, when this is attempted without the appropriate package settings but with the magic in-document commands % !TEX outputDirectory = build then BibTeX fails. (I suspect due it being unable to find the .aux file, as that is what came up when running the build commands explicitly in the command line)

[yitzchak]

Thanks for the issue report. I suspect this is probably due to latexmk needing to set BIBINPUTS. Do you have a simple document that replicates the issue and what os/TeX distribution are you on?

[yitzchak]

I have not been able to reproduce this yet. Do you have a sample document that replicates the issue?

[SamWolski]

Hi @yitzchak I am currently running TeX Live 2017 on macOS Sierra 10.12.6

I'm a little busy at the moment, but I will get a MWE up and running as soon as I can.

[yamokosk]

Actually I am not sure what is quite meant by BibTeX behaves correctly when the globals are set in the package settings. I have specified an output directory in the plugins' settings GUI. When I do and try to build this MWE:

\RequirePackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents*}{testxcite1.tex}
\chapter{Chapter One}
Text \cite{adams}
\end{filecontents*}
\begin{filecontents*}{testxcite2.tex}
\chapter{Chapter Two}
Text \cite{companion}
\end{filecontents*}
\begin{filecontents*}{testxcite3.tex}
\chapter{Chapter Three}
Text \cite{adams} \cite{companion}
\end{filecontents*}
\begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.bib}
@Book{companion,
  author    = {Goossens, Michel and Mittelbach, Frank and Samarin, Alexander},
  title     = {The LaTeX Companion},
  edition   = {1},
  publisher = {Addison-Wesley},
  location  = {Reading, Mass.},
  year       = {1994}
}
@Book{adams,
  title     = {The Restaurant at the End of the Universe},
  author    = {Douglas Adams},
  series    = {The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy},
  publisher = {Pan Macmillan},
  year      = {1980}
}
\end{filecontents*}

\listfiles   % to show used packages and versions
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[authoryear,comma,nonamebreak,round,sort&compress]{natbib}

\bibliographystyle{plainnat}

\begin{document}
\include{testxcite1}
\include{testxcite2}
\include{testxcite3}
\bibliography{\jobname}
\end{document}

It fails to pull in the bib references. However, if I clear out the build directory setting in the GUI, the refs get pulled in correctly.

[yitzchak]

@yamokosk What OS and TeX distribution are you using?

[yamokosk]

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
Release:        16.04
Codename:       xenial
$ dpkg -s texlive | grep '^Version:'
Version: 2015.20160320-1

[yitzchak]

@SamWolski @yamokosk Do you have BIBINPUTS, BSTINPUTS or TEXINPUTS set in your environment?

[yamokosk]

No.

$ env | grep "BIBINPUTS\|BSTINPUTS\|TEXINPUTS"
$

[SamWolski]

Same here, nothing.

@yamokosk What you said is what I was referring to in the "globals" (not sure if that's the correct term but I'm fairly sure I saw them referred as that somewhere). Basically, setting the build directory in the package GUI settings.

[SamWolski]

Appears to be fixed with the latest update? Tried on both my original file and @yamokosk's example, and they both work fine regardless of whether the build directory is set at the package level or with the magic command (including Atom restarts and aux file trashing).