[Rd] utf8.def

[Paul Gilbert]

Thanks Brian. Yes, "make pdf" fails and my latex is too old
(2001/06/01).

Paul

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk]
>Sent: April 19, 2010 12:14 PM
>To: Paul Gilbert
>Cc: r-devel at r-project.org
>Subject: RE: [Rd] utf8.def
>
>On Mon, 19 Apr 2010, Paul Gilbert wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Prof Brian Ripley [mailto:ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk]
>>> Sent: April 19, 2010 11:20 AM
>>> To: Paul Gilbert
>>> Cc: r-devel at r-project.org
>>> Subject: Re: [Rd] utf8.def
>>>
>>> On Mon, 19 Apr 2010, Paul Gilbert wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am trying to check my packages with R-rc
>>>
>>> And what is that?  Please do note what the posting guide says about
>>> giving accurate version information.
>>
>> R version 2.11.0 RC (2010-04-18 r51771)
>>
>>>
>>>> and latex is failing to find utf8.def.  I presume my latex
>>>> installation is defective or too old, or is this file distributed
>>>> with R and I just don't have a path set correctly?
>>>
>>> It is part of the required version of LaTeX. From the NEWS file for
>>> 2.11.0:
>>>
>>>     o	UTF-8 is now used for the reference manual and package
>>> 	manuals.  This requires LaTeX '2005/12/01' or later.
>>>
>>
>> I'm a bit confused about the version numbering scheme for latex.
>> latex --version reports
>> TeX (Web2C 7.4.5) 3.14159
>> kpathsea version 3.4.5
>>
>> Is that LaTeX '2005/12/01' or later?
>
>LaTeX is not tex, and 'latex' is a link to 'tex' usually.
>
>To get the LaTeX version, look further.  E.g  a LaTeX log might say
>
>**refman.tex
>(./refman.tex
>LaTeX2e <2009/09/24>
>
>(which is the current one, according to the TeXLive 2009 updater).
>
>> Does it make sense that R is building ok, and apparently using
>utf8.def
>> according to the NEWS extract, but my packages don't find it?
>
>Well, did you build the reference manual?  It is not part of the
>default build (e.g. 'make pdf' is needed).
>
>--
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