While creating the gnulib documentation, I ran into this TeX error "TeX capacity exceeded" again. Adding a hint about it to the Makefile:
2009-01-24 Bruno Haible <br...@clisp.org> * doc/Makefile (%.pdf): Clarify where to find texmf.cnf. (%.dvi): New rule. --- doc/Makefile.orig 2009-01-24 16:15:26.000000000 +0100 +++ doc/Makefile 2009-01-24 16:11:41.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # Makefile for gnulib doc. -# Copyright (C) 2004, 2006-2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +# Copyright (C) 2004, 2006-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. # # Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, # are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright @@ -9,14 +9,18 @@ MAKEINFO = env LANG= LC_MESSAGES= LC_ALL= LANGUAGE= makeinfo TEXI2HTML = $(MAKEINFO) --no-split --reference-limit=2000 --html -%.html: %.texi - $(TEXI2HTML) -o $@ $< %.info: %.texi LANG= LC_MESSAGES= LC_ALL= LANGUAGE= makeinfo --no-split --reference-limit=2000 $< +%.html: %.texi + $(TEXI2HTML) -o $@ $< + +%.dvi: %.texi + texi2dvi $< || { if texi2dvi $< 2>/dev/null | grep 'TeX capacity exceeded, sorry \[save size=' > /dev/null; then echo '*** You must increase the save_size in your texmf.cnf file, often located under /etc/texmf/.'; fi; exit 1; } + %.pdf: %.texi - texi2pdf $< || { if texi2pdf $< 2>/dev/null | grep 'TeX capacity exceeded, sorry \[save size=' > /dev/null; then echo '*** You must increase the save_size in your texmf.cnf file.'; fi; exit 1; } + texi2pdf $< || { if texi2pdf $< 2>/dev/null | grep 'TeX capacity exceeded, sorry \[save size=' > /dev/null; then echo '*** You must increase the save_size in your texmf.cnf file, often located under /etc/texmf/.'; fi; exit 1; } all: info html dvi info: $(doc).info