[MacPorts] #51862: Asymptote compiling error

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#51862: Asymptote compiling error
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  Reporter:  dramac.nicolas@…    |      Owner:  mojca@…
      Type:  defect              |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal              |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports               |    Version:
Resolution:                      |   Keywords:
      Port:  asymptote, texlive  |
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Changes (by mojca@…):

 * cc: dports@… (added)
 * version:  2.3.4 =>
 * port:  asymptote => asymptote, texlive


Comment:

 This is a problem in TeX Live (a dependency of asymptote) and has nothing
 to do with any actual bug in asymptote.

 First of all, the texlive formats should have been generated by the time
 asymptote builds its documentation, but the super weird thing starts here:
 {{{
 :info:build mktexfmt: mktexfmt is using the following fmtutil.cnf file for
 writing changes:
 :info:build mktexfmt:
 /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_graphics_asymptote/asymptote/work/.home/.texlive2016
 /texmf-config/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
 }}}

 Another weird thing is that during the format generation Basque
 hyphenation patterns are being loaded (and fail because that package is
 not installed). So it would help to know the output of
 {{{
 kpsewhich language.dat
 }}}
 This could either be a bug in MacPorts packaging (I didn't check, but I
 assume many others would complain in that case) or more likely some
 dangling `language.dat` that's somewhere on the computer and overloads the
 default file from the installation of texlive.

 My suggestion would be to start debugging the TeX Live installation first.
 Perhaps via the mailing list, I'm not sure. But in any case you should
 first make sure that you are able to compile simple LaTeX documents with
 `pdflatex`, otherwise there's no hope in being able to compile Asymptote.

 It is also possible that Asymptote is missing a few dependencies that
 would be needed to generate the pdflatex format before compiling
 asymptote.

 Here's the list of the dependencies in case that Dan can spot a problem:
 {{{
 Build Dependencies: texinfo, texlive-latex-recommended, texlive-fonts-
 recommended
 Runtime Dependencies: texlive-basic
 }}}

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