Bug#169040: marked as done (tetex-bin: tex uses "empty" filename after first "another file" request on input error)
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From: "Michael L. Brownlow" <mike@wsmake.org>
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Subject: tetex-bin: tex uses "empty" filename after first "another file"
request on input error
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Package: tetex-bin
Version: 1.0.7+20011202-8
Severity: normal
Tags: sid upstream
Example session:
~/tex$ tex
This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.3.7)
**sorry
! I can't find file `sorry'.
<*> sorry
Please type another input file name:
(/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/tools/.tex File ignored)
*\end
No pages of output.
Transcript written on .log.
~/tex$
At the "Please type another input file name" prompt, end-of-line was
sent.
According to The TeXbook, the behavior should be to ask for another
input file name until a real file is found. (p.30-31, Experiment (not
exercise) 5)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux ns1 2.4.19-k7 #1 Sun Oct 6 20:29:56 EST 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US
Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on:
ii debianutils 1.16.7 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii dpkg 1.10.9 Package maintenance system for Deb
ii ed 0.2-19 The classic unix line editor
ii libc6 2.3.1-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libkpathsea3 1.0.7+20011202-8 shared libkpathsea for teTeX
ii libpng3 1.2.5-6 PNG library - runtime
ii libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-12 The GNU stdc++ library
ii libtiff3g 3.5.5-6 Tag Image File Format library
ii libxaw7 4.2.1-3 X Athena widget set library
ii tetex-base 1.0.2+20011202-3 basic teTeX library files
ii xlibs 4.2.1-3 X Window System client libraries
ii zlib1g 1:1.1.4-6 compression library - runtime
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 11:23:23 +0000
From: Julian Gilbey <jdg@polya.uklinux.net>
To: 169040-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#169040: tetex-bin: tex uses "empty" filename after first "another file" request on input error
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On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 10:59:33PM -0600, Michael L. Brownlow wrote:
> Example session:
> ~/tex$ tex
> This is TeX, Version 3.14159 (Web2C 7.3.7)
> **sorry
> ! I can't find file `sorry'.
> <*> sorry
>
> Please type another input file name:
> (/usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/tools/.tex File ignored)
> *\end
> No pages of output.
> Transcript written on .log.
> ~/tex$
>
> At the "Please type another input file name" prompt, end-of-line was
> sent.
>
> According to The TeXbook, the behavior should be to ask for another
> input file name until a real file is found. (p.30-31, Experiment (not
> exercise) 5)
As you notice, you sent an empty filename. This has the effect of
searching for a file called '.tex'. Lo, behold, there exists such a
file on your system: /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/tools/.tex. All this
file does is print a message saying "File ignored", as you see.
Normally, tex would then continue running. However, since this was
the file provided on the ** line (equivalent to the command line),
once it had been read and processed, tex exited.
Thus the behaviour is totally correct (albeit a little bit confusing
and not quite what may have been expected).
Julian
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