Hi,
On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 04:53:31PM -0800, C.M. Connelly wrote:
> "OA" == Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> OA> Adam Di Carlo, (boot-floppies mainatiner) responded back
>
> I have a Perl script that I use to TeX documents. As part of the
> process, it copies the .aux file, and compares the .aux file from
> the next run to the backup (.bux). If the files are identical, it
> stops TeXing (and goes on to the next step, if any). If not, it
> runs TeX again.
That exactly Adam does and I do with Makefile. make $@ is your friend.
See below for the key part.
Since debiandoc is shell script, it may be best having "while-loop" or
"for-loop" with error handling.
Osamu
------ [ Interesting part of Makefile ] ----
#
# Interesting part of Makefile dor Debiandoc2foo short cominngs
#
# maximum times we're willing to run TeX to get cross-references right,
# if you subtract by 3
#MAX_TEX_RECURSION := 6 # Adam uses 6, I just bumped numbrer bigger
MAX_TEX_RECURSION := 9
$(MANUAL).%.texinfo: $(MANUAL).%.sgml date.ent dynamic.%.ent
debiandoc2texinfo -l $* $<
# Buggy, Top must be moved manually to higher position
$(MANUAL).%.info: $(MANUAL).%.texinfo
@#makeinfo -v -o $(MANUAL).$*.info $(MANUAL).$*.texinfo
makeinfo --force -v -o $(MANUAL).$*.info $(MANUAL).$*.texinfo
#----[ generating teTeX ]------------------------------------------------------
$(MANUAL).%.tex: $(MANUAL).%.sgml date.ent dynamic.%.ent
debiandoc2latex -l $* $<
#$(MANUAL).%.ps: $(MANUAL).%.sgml date.ent dynamic.%.ent
# debiandoc2latexps -l $* $<
# debiandoc2latexps is broken. Imitate Makefile in boot-floppies
$(MANUAL).%.ps: $(MANUAL).%.tex
# note that I have seen bi-stable .aux files, thus we check two levels
deep
@-cp -pf prior.aux pprior.aux 2>/dev/null
@-cp -pf $(basename $<).aux prior.aux 2>/dev/null
# fail if we don't have pdflatex correctly installed
@kpsewhich latex.fmt >/dev/null
# due to a bug in debiandoc2latex2e output, this might fail
@-latex '\nonstopmode\input{$<}' >/dev/null
# see $(@:.ps=.log) for details
dvips -t `cat /etc/papersize` -o $(MANUAL).$*.ps $(MANUAL).$*
@set -e ;\
if ! cmp $(basename $<).aux prior.aux 2>/dev/null && \
! cmp $(basename $<).aux pprior.aux 2>/dev/null; then \
if expr $(MAKELEVEL) '<' $(MAX_TEX_RECURSION) >/dev/null;\
then \
echo ">>> remaking $@ (take $(MAKELEVEL))" ;\
rm -f $@ ;\
$(MAKE) $@ ;\
else \
echo "E: $@ needs remaking, but we have reached max. level,
$(MAX_TEX_RECURSION)" ;\
fi \
fi
@rm -f prior.aux pprior.aux
# PDF created has starting page with error report. (I will try fixing it
# soon.)
#$(MANUAL).%.pdf: $(MANUAL).%.sgml date.ent dynamic.%.ent
# debiandoc2latexpdf -l $* $<
# debiandoc2latexpdf is broken. Imitate Makefile in boot-floppies
$(MANUAL).%.pdf: $(MANUAL).%.tex
# note that I have seen bi-stable .aux files, thus we check two levels
deep
@-cp -pf prior.aux pprior.aux 2>/dev/null
@-cp -pf $(basename $<).aux prior.aux 2>/dev/null
# fail if we don't have pdflatex correctly installed
@kpsewhich pdflatex.fmt >/dev/null
# due to a bug in debiandoc2latex2e output, this might fail
@-pdflatex '\nonstopmode\input{$<}' >/dev/null
# see $(@:.pdf=.log) for details
@set -e ;\
if ! cmp $(basename $<).aux prior.aux 2>/dev/null && \
! cmp $(basename $<).aux pprior.aux 2>/dev/null; then \
if expr $(MAKELEVEL) '<' $(MAX_TEX_RECURSION) >/dev/null;\
then \
echo ">>> remaking $@ (take $(MAKELEVEL))" ;\
rm -f $@ ;\
$(MAKE) $@ ;\
else \
echo "E: $@ needs remaking, but we have reached max. level,
$(MAX_TEX_RECURSION)" ;\
fi \
fi
@rm -f prior.aux pprior.aux
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+ Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> @ Cupertino, CA USA +
