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Package: tetex-extra
Version: 3.0-17
Severity: normal
The file /usr/share/texmf-tetex/bibtex/bib/ams/amsxport-options.bib
is badly formed. The author has forgotten that bibtex does not
support a comment character. As a result, any latex file which uses
this bibliography fails.
: nr@curlycoat 10079 ; cat ax.tex
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{amsrefs}
\begin{document}
\nocite{*}
\bibliographystyle{amsxport}
\bibliography{amsxport-options}
\end{document}
: nr@curlycoat 10080 ; latex ax
[output omitted]
: nr@curlycoat 10077 ; bibtex ax
This is BibTeX, Version 0.99c (Web2C 7.5.4)
The top-level auxiliary file: ax.aux
The style file: amsrn.bst
Database file #1: amsxport-options.bib
Warning--entry type for "%%%" isn't style-file defined
--line 11 of file amsxport-options.bib
I was expecting a `,' or a `}'---line 11 of file amsxport-options.bib
: %%%
: filename = "amsxport.dtx",
I'm skipping whatever remains of this entry
Warning--entry type for "[citation-star]" isn't style-file defined
--line 35 of file amsxport-options.bib
Warning--entry type for "[citation-order]" isn't style-file defined
--line 36 of file amsxport-options.bib
Warning--entry type for "[verbose]" isn't style-file defined
--line 37 of file amsxport-options.bib
... other warnings elided ...
(There was 1 error message)
The fix is to eliminate the bogus comment characters at the start of
the file (patch included). But the upstream authors would do well to
fix the other problems indicated by the warnings.
--- amsxport-options.bib~ 2002-01-30 17:52:18.000000000 -0500
+++ amsxport-options.bib 2006-04-08 21:36:46.000000000 -0400
@@ -7,28 +7,28 @@
%% amsxport.dtx (with options: `options')
%%
%%% ====================================================================
-%%% @BibTeX-source-file{
-%%% filename = "amsxport.dtx",
-%%% version = "1.05",
-%%% date = "2002/01/30",
-%%% time = "15:16:33 EST",
-%%% author = "Michael J Downes",
-%%% address = "American Mathematical Society,
-%%% Publications Technical Group,
-%%% PO Box 6248,
-%%% Providence, RI 02940,
-%%% USA",
-%%% email = "tech-support at ams.org",
-%%% URL = "http://www.ams.org/";,
-%%% abstract = "The BibTeX style file amsxport.bst produces .bbl
-%%% entries where most of the database structure is
-%%% retained. This is intended for processing by a smart
-%%% bibliography package such as the amsrefs package.",
-%%% checksum = "07988 1902 7374 54746",
-%%% docstring = "The checksum field, produced by Robert Solovay's
-%%% checksum utility, gives CRC-16 checksum, lines,
-%%% words, and characters.",
-%%% }
+BibTeX-source-file{
+ filename = "amsxport.dtx",
+ version = "1.05",
+ date = "2002/01/30",
+ time = "15:16:33 EST",
+ author = "Michael J Downes",
+ address = "American Mathematical Society,
+ Publications Technical Group,
+ PO Box 6248,
+ Providence, RI 02940,
+ USA",
+ email = "tech-support at ams.org",
+ URL = "http://www.ams.org/";,
+ abstract = "The BibTeX style file amsxport.bst produces .bbl
+ entries where most of the database structure is
+ retained. This is intended for processing by a smart
+ bibliography package such as the amsrefs package.",
+ checksum = "07988 1902 7374 54746",
+ docstring = "The checksum field, produced by Robert Solovay's
+ checksum utility, gives CRC-16 checksum, lines,
+ words, and characters.",
+}
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