"make pdf" fails with "make: *** [Makefile:9: pdf] Error 1" in Fedora 34

[yuokada126]

Expected Behavior

• make pdf generates pdf file normally.

Actual Behavior

• make pdf fails with the following error.

$ make pdf
mkdir -p output
PANDOC_VERSION=`pandoc --version | head -1 | cut -d' ' -f2 | cut -d'.' -f1`; \
if [ "$PANDOC_VERSION" -eq "2" ]; then \
	SMART=-smart; \
else \
	SMART=--smart; \
fi \

for f in markdown/*.md; do \
	FILE_NAME=`basename $f | sed 's/.md//g'`; \
	echo $FILE_NAME.pdf; \
	pandoc --standalone --template styles/chmduquesne.tex \
		--from markdown --to context \
		--variable papersize=A4 \
		--output output/$FILE_NAME.tex $f > /dev/null; \
	mtxrun --path=output --result=$FILE_NAME.pdf --script context $FILE_NAME.tex > output/context_$FILE_NAME.log 2>&1; \
done
resume.pdf
make: *** [Makefile:9: pdf] Error 1

• The log shows 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua' cannot be found.

$ cat output/context_resume.log 
mtxrun          | unknown script 'context.lua' or 'mtx-context.lua'```

• Runing mtxrun --generate command guided in README.md didn't resolve the issue.
• Other commands such as make html, make docx and make rtf works as expected. (Generates output files without error)

Steps to reproduce the behavior

1. Install Fedora 34 Workstation
2. git clone https://github.com/mszep/pandoc_resume
3. cd pandoc_resume
4. sudo dnf install pandoc texlive-collection-context
5. make pdf

Versions

$ context --version
mtx-context     | ConTeXt Process Management 1.03
mtx-context     |
mtx-context     | main context file: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/mkiv/context.mkiv
mtx-context     | current version: 2020.03.10 14:44
mtx-context     | main context file: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/mkiv/context.mkxl
mtx-context     | current version: 2020.03.10 14:44

$ pandoc --version
pandoc 2.9.2.1
Compiled with pandoc-types 1.20, texmath 0.12.0.2, skylighting 0.8.5
Default user data directory: /home/yuokada/.local/share/pandoc or /home/yuokada/.pandoc
Copyright (C) 2006-2020 John MacFarlane
Web:  https://pandoc.org
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is no warranty, not even for merchantability or fitness
for a particular purpose.

$ rpm -qa | grep -e pandoc -e texlive-collection-context
pandoc-common-2.9.2.1-9.fc34.noarch
texlive-collection-context-svn54074-38.fc34.noarch
pandoc-2.9.2.1-9.fc34.x86_64

$ cat /etc/os-release 
NAME=Fedora
VERSION="34 (Workstation Edition)"
ID=fedora
VERSION_ID=34
VERSION_CODENAME=""
PLATFORM_ID="platform:f34"
PRETTY_NAME="Fedora 34 (Workstation Edition)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;38;2;60;110;180"
LOGO=fedora-logo-icon
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:34"
HOME_URL="https://fedoraproject.org/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora/34/system-administrators-guide/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicating_and_getting_help"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Fedora"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=34
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Fedora"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION=34
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:PrivacyPolicy"
VARIANT="Workstation Edition"
VARIANT_ID=workstation

[yuokada126]

context.lua file exists in the following path and is contained in texlive-context package.

$ ls -l /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/context/lua/context.lua 
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1274 Feb  3 03:35 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/context/lua/context.lua

$ rpm -qf /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/context/lua/context.lua
texlive-context-20200327-28.fc34.noarch

[mszep]

I'm really sorry, but I don't know what's going wrong here; I haven't seen this error before. One thing that potentially might work is replacing mtxrun with context?

Other than that I'm afraid I don't understand why mtxrun can't find the context.lua. Could it maybe be two installations interfering with each other?

[yuokada126]

Thanks for the reply!
Unfortunately, replacing mtxrun with context in Makefile didn't work.

$ make pdf
mkdir -p output
PANDOC_VERSION=`pandoc --version | head -1 | cut -d' ' -f2 | cut -d'.' -f1`; \
if [ "$PANDOC_VERSION" -eq "2" ]; then \
	SMART=-smart; \
else \
	SMART=--smart; \
fi \

for f in markdown/*.md; do \
	FILE_NAME=`basename $f | sed 's/.md//g'`; \
	echo $FILE_NAME.pdf; \
	pandoc --standalone --template styles/chmduquesne.tex \
		--from markdown --to context \
		--variable papersize=A4 \
		--output output/$FILE_NAME.tex $f > /dev/null; \
#		mtxrun --path=output --result=$FILE_NAME.pdf --script context $FILE_NAME.tex > output/context_$FILE_NAME.log 2>&1; \
	context --path=output --result=$FILE_NAME.pdf --script context $FILE_NAME.tex > output/context_$FILE_NAME.log 2>&1; \
done
resume.pdf
make: *** [Makefile:9: pdf] Error 1

$ cat output/context_resume.log 
mtx-context     | warning: no format found, forcing remake (commandline driven)
resolvers       | resolving | configuration files already identified
resolvers       | resolving | loading configuration file '/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/web2c/texmfcnf.lua'
resolvers       | resolving |
resolvers       | resolving | locating list of '/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist' (runtime) (tree:////usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist)
resolvers       | methods | resolving, method 'locators', how 'uri', handler 'tree', argument 'tree:////usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist'
resolvers       | trees | locator '/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist' found
resolvers       | resolving | hash '/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist' appended
resolvers       | resolving |
resolvers       | methods | resolving, method 'generators', how 'uri', handler 'file', argument '/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist'
resolvers       | expansions | using cached scan of path '/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist', branch '/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist'
resolvers       | methods | resolving, method 'generators', how 'uri', handler 'file', argument '/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist'
resolvers       | expansions | using cached scan of path '/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist', branch '/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist'
resolvers       | resolving |
resolvers       | resolving | not saving runtime tree '/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist'
resolvers       | resolving | not saving runtime tree '/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist'
resolvers       | resolving | using given filetype 'tex'
resolvers       | methods | resolving, method 'concatinators', how 'tag', tag 'default'
resolvers       | methods | resolving, method 'concatinators', how 'tag', tag 'default'
resolvers       | resolving | remembering file 'cont-en.mkiv' using hash 'tex::cont-en.mkiv'
resolvers       | formats | using tex source file '/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-en.mkiv'
resolvers       | resolving | forcing filetype 'tex'
resolvers       | methods | resolving, method 'concatinators', how 'tag', tag 'default'
resolvers       | methods | resolving, method 'concatinators', how 'tag', tag 'default'
resolvers       | resolving | remembering file 'context.lus' using hash 'lus::context.lus'
resolvers       | formats | using specification file '/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/mkiv/context.lus'
resolvers       | formats | using tex source path '/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/mkiv'
resolvers       | formats | changing to format path '/home/yuokada/.cache/texlive/luatex-cache/context/c8ffba5311d077c16376bba44d5fa793/formats/luatex'
resolvers       | formats | executing runner 'make luatex format': /usr/bin/luatex --ini  --lua=/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/mkiv/luat-cod.lua /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-en.mkiv  \dump 
This is LuaTeX, Version 1.12.0 (TeX Live 2020)  (INITEX)
 system commands enabled.

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tex error       > tex error on line 8 in file /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/tex/context/base/mkiv/cont-yes.mkiv: ! I can't find file `./context'.

l.8 }
   
l.97 \getvalue{clf_processjob}
                             % from cont-run.lua

 1     %D \module
 2     %D   [       file=cont-yes,
 3     %D        version=2012.06.01,
 4     %D          title=\CONTEXT\ Miscellaneous Macros,
 5     %D       subtitle=Startup Stub,
 6     %D         author=Hans Hagen,
 7     %D           date=\currentdate,
 8 >>  %D      copyright={PRAGMA ADE \& \CONTEXT\ Development Team}]
 9     %C
10     %C This module is part of the \CONTEXT\ macro||package and is
11     %C therefore copyrighted by \PRAGMA. See mreadme.pdf for
12     %C details.
13     
14     % At some point I will reconsider the \starttext .. \stoptext
15     % wraping as we can assume proper styling. It's a left-over from
16     % mkii that we need to get rid of.
17     
18     % now moved to cont-run.lua

mtx-context     | fatal error: return code: 256

Could it maybe be two installations interfering with each other?

What do you mean by "two installations"?

I'll do some more research when I have time.

[mszep]

I meant perhaps you have installed texlive once from source and once with your package manager or something like that?

I admit, it's a long shot...

I think the only viable workaround is using the docker-compose workflow.

[BryanQuigley]

I reproduced this with my quite fresh install of Fedora 34 - have not manually installed anything. Will debug more later this week.

[mszep]

Okay, so then it quite clearly looks like the new Fedoras have a difference in how they install the context/mtx tools -- maybe they're available under a different name? Happy to add a patch to fix this if you do figure this out...

[BryanQuigley]

In just playing around with it.. Switching to generate from html was the easiest. may look deeper later
pandoc --standalone --include-in-header $(STYLES_DIR)/$(STYLE).css
--from markdown --to html
--pdf-engine wkhtmltopdf
--variable papersize=A4
--output $(OUT_DIR)/$$FILE_NAME.pdf $$f > /dev/null; \

[willemsk]

The problem lies witch /startenumerate and /stopenumerate, see this discussion.
My current fix is to replace the enumerate with itemize using sed.

pdf: init
	for f in $(IN_DIR)/*.md; do \
		FILE_NAME=`basename $$f | sed 's/.md//g'`; \
		echo $$FILE_NAME.pdf; \
		pandoc --standalone --template $(STYLES_DIR)/$(STYLE).tex \
			--from markdown --to context \
			--variable papersize=A4 \
			--output $(OUT_DIR)/$$FILE_NAME.tex $$f > /dev/null; \
		sed 's/startenumerate/startitemize/g' $(OUT_DIR)/$$FILE_NAME.tex --in-place; \
		sed 's/stopenumerate/stopitemize/g' $(OUT_DIR)/$$FILE_NAME.tex --in-place; \
		mtxrun --path=$(OUT_DIR) --result=$$FILE_NAME.pdf --script context $$FILE_NAME.tex > $(OUT_DIR)/context_$$FILE_NAME.log 2>&1; \
	done

[mszep]

Good find @willemsk!
I guess the style.tex needs to be updated to conform with recent versions of Context and pandoc.
I'm busy this week, but will try to fix this soon.

[Hnasar]

On fedora mtxrun doesn't look in the right places for the scripts. With the system install of context, setting export TEXMF=/usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist fixed it for me.

[snowskeleton]

I was having a similar issue on macOS Sequoia, and it was fixed by running

mtxrun --generate

as noted here