[R-pkg-devel] Build of PDF vignette fails on r-oldrel-osx-x86_64

[Heather Turner]

Dear All,

I am getting the NOTE below on my BradleyTerry2 package for
r-oldrel-osx-x86_64. Unfortunately I don't have access to a Mac and I
can't reproduce the error using R-hub.

checking re-building of vignette outputs ... NOTE
Error in re-building vignettes:
  ...
Warning in grepl("(Rerun to get|biblatex.*\\(re\\)run)", readLines(log,
:
  input string 434 is invalid in this locale
Warning in grepl("(Rerun to get|biblatex.*\\(re\\)run)", readLines(log,
:
  input string 435 is invalid in this locale
Warning in grepl("(Rerun to get|biblatex.*\\(re\\)run)", readLines(log,
:
  input string 443 is invalid in this locale
Error in texi2dvi(file = file, pdf = TRUE, clean = clean, quiet = quiet,
:
  Running 'texi2dvi' on 'BradleyTerry.tex' failed.
LaTeX errors:
! Undefined control sequence.
l.16
...<fa><ed>l^^B<d8>`L^^B<e5>;<a0><e7>7߼y<df><fb><fe><bc><df><f7><bd>G_<b3>٤<b3>K<ca><eb><9e>@o<e9>\<bc>
                                                  <d3>L<e7><e2><9d>f:^^W<ef>4ӹx<a7><99><ce><c5>;<cd>t.^^^...
The control sequence at the end of the top line
of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
! Undefined control sequence.
l.20 ADL׭\<ee>
            <e2><d4><d4>SO^^L|V<ad>^^F"^^Q<c9><d0><fd><ac><8e><d9>8]!<86>^^N<ef>Nx<eb>h<ef>^^^Lg<dc><f7><ce>8(<eb>*<b4>^^@X1<c6><e2><f1><b8>^^Pb~...
The control sequence at the end of the top line
of your error message was never \def'ed. If you have
! Undefined control sequence.
l.20
...<ab>U<bf><df>^^?<b0><84>^^R^Y<96>^^U<89>D<d0><e6><9c>۶<9d>H$:^^_gO:<f7><bd><d3>Lg\<bc>
                                                  6<a1>%<93>ɜ<cc><<ba><a1>^^C<b0><eb>^^Y<f7><bd><e3>Ĝ^^G...
The control sequence at the end of the top
Calls: buildVignettes -> texi2pdf -> texi2dvi
Execution halted

Googling the warning from grepl shows this is happening for a few other
packages, but looking at their vignettes hasn't given any clue as to the
problem. Lines 434 to 443 are unremarkable in the log file created when
I run texi2pdf on Ubuntu 14.04:

LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 71.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OT1/cmr/m/n on input line 71.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 71.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OMS/cmsy/m/n on input line 71.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 71.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for OMX/cmex/m/n on input line 71.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 71.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for U/cmr/m/n on input line 71.
LaTeX Font Info:    ... okay on input line 71.
LaTeX Font Info:    Checking defaults for TS1/cmr/m/n on input line 71.

Any ideas how to fix?

Thanks,

Heather