[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#790626: FTBFS with new LaTeX: Argument of \\ has an extra }

[Martin Michlmayr <tbm@hp.com>]

Package: octave
Version: 3.8.2-4
Severity: serious

fails to build in unstable, probably due to the octave new texlive.

> sbuild (Debian sbuild) 0.65.2 (24 Mar 2015) on bl460gen8-30.hlinux.usa.hp.com
...
> (/«PKGBUILDDIR»/doc/interpreter/gpl.texi Appendix J [856]
> [857] [858] [859] [860] [861] [862] [863] [864] [865] [866])
> (/«PKGBUILDDIR»/doc/interpreter/cp-idx.texi (Concept Index)
> [867] [868] (./octave.cps
> ./octave.cps:56: Argument of \\ has an extra }.
> <inserted text> 
>                 \par 
> <to be read again> 
>                    }
> \initial ... .5\baselineskip \leftline {\secbf #1}
>                                                   \nobreak \vskip .33\baseli...
> l.56 \initial {\\}
>                   
> ? 
> ./octave.cps:56: Emergency stop.
> <inserted text> 
>                 \par 
> <to be read again> 
>                    }
> \initial ... .5\baselineskip \leftline {\secbf #1}
>                                                   \nobreak \vskip .33\baseli...
> l.56 \initial {\\}
>                   
> Output written on octave.dvi (882 pages, 2774212 bytes).
> Transcript written on octave.log.
> /usr/bin/texi2dvi: etex exited with bad status, quitting.
> make[4]: *** [octave.dvi] Error 1
> Makefile:2118: recipe for target 'octave.dvi' failed

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Martin Michlmayr
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