Bug#594754: texlive-metapost-doc: file doesn't compile using mpost command
Package: texlive-metapost-doc
Version: 2009-10
Severity: normal
File: /usr/share/doc/texlive-metapost-doc/metapost/automata/example.mp
I'm trying to compile some third part mp-files and find some trouble when the figures have btex ... etex tags. So I look for some advice in documentation and find an example file with btex ... etex tags. So I try to compile this with mpost, and this happens:
$ mpost example.mp
This is MetaPost, version 1.208 (kpathsea version 5.0.0)
(./example.mp (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/metapost/automata/automata.mp)fatal: Command failed: etex --parse-first-line --interaction=nonstopmode mp056721.tex; see mpxerr.log
>> example.mp
>> example.mpx
! Unable to make mpx file.
l.29 node.a[4][0](btex
$s_0$ etex);
Transcript written on example.log.
It is the same error that I'm finding with my figures. i noticed that if the figure doesn't have btex ... etex tags, the compilation finishes ok.
I'm not quite sure if that bug should be opened to that file or to texlive-binaries (the package that has the /usr/bin/mpost command).
-- Package-specific info:
If you report an error when running one of the TeX-related binaries
(latex, pdftex, metafont,...), or if the bug is related to bad or wrong
output, please include a MINIMAL example input file that produces the
error in your report. Don't forget to also include minimal examples of
other files that are needed, e.g. bibtex databases. Often it also helps
to include the logfile. Please, never send included pictures!
If your example file isn't short or produces more than one page of
output (except when multiple pages are needed to show the problem),
you can probably minimize it further. Instructions on how to do that
can be found at
http://www.latex-einfuehrung.de/mini-en.html (english)
or
http://www.latex-einfuehrung.de/mini.html (german)
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minimal input file
/usr/share/doc/texlive-metapost-doc/metapost/automata/example.mp
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other files
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List of ls-R files
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1289 Ago 15 02:43 /var/lib/texmf/ls-R
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root staff 80 Ago 15 02:43 /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Ago 12 08:08 /usr/share/texmf/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Ago 12 08:08 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Ago 12 08:08 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE
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