Re: FTBFS: I couldn't open database file mrabbrev.bib
tags 421073 + patch
thanks
Hi all!
> It really seems to be missing from Debian right now, if I'm not
> mistaken [1].
>
> Does anyone from the TeX Task Force could comment on this?
Yup, it is missing.
The problem is that it is not available from CTAN, and only available
from the AMS site: http://www.ams.org/tools/
http://www.ams.org/tools/mrabbrev.bib
OTOH, it is useless in this case. It is a list of abbreviations of AMS
stuff. People needing this should download it and put it in the local
tree.
The fix for:
On Don, 03 Mai 2007, Jérémy Bobbio wrote:
> > > This is BibTeX, Version 0.99c (Web2C 7.5.6)
> > > The top-level auxiliary file: manual.aux
> > > The style file: alpha.bst
> > > I couldn't open database file mrabbrev.bib
is trivial, just remove the mrabbrev in manual.tex, it is not needed for
building the package. patch:
--- ./doc/manual.tex.orig 2007-05-03 15:19:36.000000000 +0200
+++ ./doc/manual.tex 2007-05-03 15:19:53.000000000 +0200
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
%%
\FrontMatter
%\immediate\write\citeout{\bs bibdata{../../../doc/mrabbrev,./manual,../../../doc/manual,../../atlasrep/doc/manual}}
-\immediate\write\citeout{\bs bibdata{mrabbrev,./manual,/usr/share/gap/doc/manual}}
+\immediate\write\citeout{\bs bibdata{./manual,/usr/share/gap/doc/manual}}
%
%
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I build it, it works without mrabbrev.bib.
Best wishes
Norbert
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Debian Developer <preining@debian.org> Debian TeX Group
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