[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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Comment (by dramac.nicolas@…):

 Replying to [comment:2 mojca@…]:
 > 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's documentation.
 >
 > It is also possible that the asymptote package is missing a few
 dependencies that would be needed to generate the pdflatex format before
 compiling the docs.
 >
 > 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
 > }}}
 >
 > One way to circumvent the problem would be to fetch the PDF with
 documentation from sourceforge.

 I cleaned texlive and updated it. It appears the texlive was broken as you
 said. I removed Asymptote, updated everything (needed to do it several
 times) and now everything works.
 Thanks.

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