[MacPorts] #25460: texlive: tex4ht is broken by default

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#25460: texlive: tex4ht is broken by default
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 Reporter:  akim.demaille@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                   |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  ports                    |     Version:  1.9.1                                
 Keywords:                           |        Port:  texliveh                             
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 Hi,

 When upgrading texlive, there was still tex4ht on my machine, so I trusted
 it was working properly.  Unfortunately it behaves very badly:

 {{{
 $ htlatex simple.tex
 This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live/MacPorts 2009_2)
 entering extended mode
 LaTeX2e <2009/09/24>
 Babel <v3.8l> and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax,
 dumylang, noh
 yphenation, czech, slovak, dutch, basque, french, german-x-2009-06-19,
 ngerman-
 x-2009-06-19, german, ngerman, italian, polish, portuguese, spanish,
 catalan, g
 alician, ukenglish, loaded.
 (./simple.tex (/opt/local/share/texmf-texlive-
 dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
 Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
 (/opt/local/share/texmf-texlive-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/tex4ht.sty)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/tex4ht.4ht
 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
  TeX4ht info is available in the log file
 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
 ) (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/tex4ht.sty
 --- needs --- tex4ht simple ---
 (./simple.tmp) (./simple.xref)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4-math.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4-math.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4-math.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/latex.4ht
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4-math.4ht))
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/fontmath.4ht
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4-math.4ht))
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/article.4ht
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4-math.4ht))
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4-math.4ht)) (./simple.aux)
 [1] (./simple.aux) )
 Output written on simple.dvi (1 page, 9508 bytes).
 Transcript written on simple.log.
 This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live/MacPorts 2009_2)
 entering extended mode
 LaTeX2e <2009/09/24>
 Babel <v3.8l> and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax,
 dumylang, noh
 yphenation, czech, slovak, dutch, basque, french, german-x-2009-06-19,
 ngerman-
 x-2009-06-19, german, ngerman, italian, polish, portuguese, spanish,
 catalan, g
 alician, ukenglish, loaded.
 (./simple.tex (/opt/local/share/texmf-texlive-
 dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
 Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
 (/opt/local/share/texmf-texlive-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/tex4ht.sty)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/tex4ht.4ht
 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
  TeX4ht info is available in the log file
 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
 ) (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/tex4ht.sty
 --- needs --- tex4ht simple ---
 (./simple.tmp) (./simple.xref)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4-math.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4-math.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4-math.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/latex.4ht
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4-math.4ht))
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/fontmath.4ht
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4-math.4ht))
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/article.4ht
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4-math.4ht))
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4-math.4ht)) (./simple.aux)
 [1] (./simple.aux) )
 Output written on simple.dvi (1 page, 9508 bytes).
 Transcript written on simple.log.
 This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live/MacPorts 2009_2)
 entering extended mode
 LaTeX2e <2009/09/24>
 Babel <v3.8l> and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax,
 dumylang, noh
 yphenation, czech, slovak, dutch, basque, french, german-x-2009-06-19,
 ngerman-
 x-2009-06-19, german, ngerman, italian, polish, portuguese, spanish,
 catalan, g
 alician, ukenglish, loaded.
 (./simple.tex (/opt/local/share/texmf-texlive-
 dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
 Document Class: article 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class
 (/opt/local/share/texmf-texlive-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/tex4ht.sty)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/tex4ht.4ht
 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
  TeX4ht info is available in the log file
 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
 ) (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/tex4ht.sty
 --- needs --- tex4ht simple ---
 (./simple.tmp) (./simple.xref)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4-math.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4-math.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4-math.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/latex.4ht
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4-math.4ht))
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/fontmath.4ht
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4-math.4ht))
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/article.4ht
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4-math.4ht))
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4.4ht)
 (/opt/local/share/texmf/tex/generic/tex4ht/html4-math.4ht)) (./simple.aux)
 [1] (./simple.aux) )
 Output written on simple.dvi (1 page, 9508 bytes).
 Transcript written on simple.log.
 ----------------------------
 tex4ht.c (2007-04-21-21:07 kpathsea)
 tex4ht -f/simple.tex
   -i~/tex4ht.dir/texmf/tex4ht/ht-fonts/
 --- warning --- Can't find/open file `tex4ht.env | .tex4ht'
 /opt/local/bin/htlatex: line 5: 59406 Bus error               tex4ht -f/$1
 -i~/tex4ht.dir/texmf/tex4ht/ht-fonts/$3
 ----------------------------
 t4ht.c (2007-01-05-03:17 kpathsea)
 t4ht -f/simple.tex
 --- warning --- Can't find/open file `tex4ht.env | .tex4ht'
 --- warning --- Can't find/open file `simple.lg'
 }}}

 With this simple input:

 {{{
 $ cat /tmp/simple.tex
 \documentclass{article}

 \begin{document}
 Hello world.
 \end{document}
 }}}

 Looking for information on the trac, I found that there is another package
 to install with a suggestive name: texlive-htmlxml.  Yet:
  * either make it work completely from the start, or make it fail
 completely!  tex4ht should not be partially installed
  * it is not clear enough (well, to my reading, most probably incomplete)
 that tex4ht lives in texlive-htmlxml.

 Thanks for the good work!

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