All in-tree versions are affected in one way or another by a variety of different Perl 5.26 failure cases ( see bug #612408 for @INC related issues ) Please keep open till affected versions are gone from tree ( either by bump or patch ) latex2html-2008 to latex2html-2015 creating cache ./config.cache checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl checking whether #! works in shell scripts... yes launching proprietary configuration... Can't locate L2hos.pm in @INC (you may need to install the L2hos module) (@INC contains: lib /etc/perl /usr/local/lib64/perl5/5.25.12/x86_64-linux /usr/local/lib64/perl5/5.25.12 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.25.12/x86_64-linux /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.25.12 /usr/local/l ib64/perl5 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.25.11 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.22.3 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5/5.25.12/x86_64-linux /usr/lib64/perl5/5.25.12) at ./config/config.pl line 436. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./config/config.pl line 436 latex2html-2017.2 untie attempted while 1 inner references still exist at ./config/config.pl line 651 ... Use of uninitialized value $val in pattern match (m//) at ./config/config.pl line 2038. Use of uninitialized value $val in substitution (s///) at ./config/config.pl line 2043. Use of uninitialized value $val in pattern match (m//) at ./config/config.pl line 2047. Use of uninitialized value $val in concatenation (.) or string at ./config/config.pl line 2057. ... Note: Will install... ... executables to : /usr/bin ... shared library items to : /usr/lib64/latex2html ... unshared library items to : /usr/lib64/latex2html Can't locate cfgcache.pm in @INC (you may need to install the cfgcache module) (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib64/perl5/5.25.12/x86_64-linux /usr/local/lib64/perl5/5.25.12 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.25.12/x86_64-linux /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.25.12 /usr/local /lib64/perl5 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.25.11 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl/5.22.3 /usr/lib64/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib64/perl5/5.25.12/x86_64-linux /usr/lib64/perl5/5.25.12) at -e line 1. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at -e line 1. updating cache ./config.cache creating ./config.status ... And then test phase: versions/cp1252.pl syntax OK versions/decmulti.pl syntax OK versions/frame.pl syntax OK versions/hebrew.pl syntax OK versions/html2_1.pl syntax OK Operator or semicolon missing before &convert_length at versions/html2_2.pl line 94. Ambiguous use of & resolved as operator & at versions/html2_2.pl line 94. versions/html2_2.pl syntax OK versions/html3_0.pl syntax OK versions/html3_1.pl syntax OK Unescaped left brace in regex is illegal here in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/(color{ <-- HERE [^}]*})/ at versions/html3_2.pl line 610.
This should be fixed in 2017.2-r1. At worst it doesnt block unmasking anymore.
-r1: Unescaped left brace in regex is illegal here in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/\n{ <-- HERE 2;}/ at styles/frames.perl line 709. ^ Self-consistency indicates one of the style files is executable perl code, which means people using this tool will still see this issue.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=8eb4f778e7bd246e0afcd2b3b51ba4fea03c1ab2 commit 8eb4f778e7bd246e0afcd2b3b51ba4fea03c1ab2 Author: Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2017-09-23 13:53:05 +0000 Commit: Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2017-09-23 13:53:39 +0000 dev-tex/latex2html: Found and fixed the last unescaped left brace. Bug 617760. Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/617760 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.10, Repoman-2.3.3 .../files/latex2html-2017.2-brace-2.patch | 12 ++++ dev-tex/latex2html/latex2html-2017.2-r2.ebuild | 82 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 94 insertions(+)
It might be time to consider stabilizing -r2.
*** Bug 705476 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 706150 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
