Bug 203558 – emerge sci-mathematics/maxima-5.13.0-r1: fails because an option is not recongnized by "kpsewhich"

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description sergio pesenti 2007-12-28 13:22:33 UTC]

Though I set up the appropriate variable "TEXMFSITE" in the file "/usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf",  TEXMFSITE=/usr/share/texmf-site ,
emerging "maxima" keeps on failing because "kpsewhich" does not recognize the option `-var-value=TEXMFSITE'

Reproducible: Always

Actual Results:  
emerge sci-mathematics/maxima-5.13.0-r1 

Expected Results:  
>>> Emerging (1 of 1) sci-mathematics/maxima-5.13.0-r1 to /
 * maxima-5.13.0.tar.gz RMD160 SHA1 SHA256 size ;-) ...                                                      [ ok ]
 * checking ebuild checksums ;-) ...                                                                         [ ok ]
 * checking auxfile checksums ;-) ...                                                                        [ ok ]
 * checking miscfile checksums ;-) ...                                                                       [ ok ]
 * checking maxima-5.13.0.tar.gz ;-) ...                                                                     [ ok ]
kpsewhich: unrecognized option `-var-value=TEXMFSITE'
 * You haven't defined the TEXMFSITE variable in your TeX config.
 * Please do so in the file /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
 *
 * ERROR: sci-mathematics/maxima-5.13.0-r1 failed. 

go ahead with install process

[Comment 1 sergio pesenti 2007-12-28 22:31:46 UTC]

This issue is related to the TEX version installed according to http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-4662986.html#4662986.
The eduild should make sure the correct version of kpsewhich is installed.

[Comment 2 Sébastien Fabbro (RETIRED) 2008-01-08 01:25:27 UTC]

fixed in cvs. Thanks!