| Message ID | 20220809102942.3501-1-daniel.meissner-i4k@ruhr-uni-bochum.de |
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| State | Accepted |
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| Series | [bug#57074] gnu: maxima: Fix to find info files. | expand |
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On 09-08-2022 12:29, Daniel Meißner via Guix-patches via wrote: > + (delete 'compress-documentation)))) Add a comment such that future readers know not to remove that line (for simplification?) without having to dig through the git history. Maybe > The Maxima command ‘describe’ allows to pick the relevant portions from > Maxima’s TeXinfo docs. However it does not support reading gzipped info > files. would be a good comment? Greetings, Maxime.
diff --git a/gnu/packages/maths.scm b/gnu/packages/maths.scm index c10794a089..d531db27c8 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/maths.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/maths.scm @@ -4420,7 +4420,8 @@ (define-public maxima ;; components at runtime. (wrap-program (string-append out "/bin/maxima") `("PATH" prefix (,binutils)))) - #t))))) + #t)) + (delete 'compress-documentation)))) (home-page "https://maxima.sourceforge.io") (synopsis "Numeric and symbolic expression manipulation") (description "Maxima is a system for the manipulation of symbolic and
The Maxima command ‘describe’ allows to pick the relevant portions from Maxima’s TeXinfo docs. However it does not support reading gzipped info files. * gnu/packages/maths.scm (maxima)[arguments]<phases>: Remove 'compress-documentation phase. --- Hi Guix, one of the default phases of the GNU build system is called 'compress-documentation which invokes `gzip' on the .info files but Maxima does not support gzipped files: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- daniel@xii-04 ~/src/guix$ maxima Maxima 5.45.1 https://maxima.sourceforge.io using Lisp SBCL 2.2.6 Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING. Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter. The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information. (%i1) describe(exp); Maxima encountered a Lisp error: The file #P"/gnu/store/vbhzggawcjp52ww5mx4nc68d7c6s7mwz-maxima-5.45.1/share/info/./maxima\\.info-1" does not exist: No such file or directory Automatically continuing. To enable the Lisp debugger set *debugger-hook* to nil. (%i2) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- This simple fix removes the 'compress-documentation which then causes the expected results: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- daniel@xii-04 ~/src/guix/_build [env]$ maxima Maxima 5.45.1 https://maxima.sourceforge.io using Lisp SBCL 2.2.6 Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING. Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter. The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information. (%i1) describe(exp); -- Function: exp (<x>) Represents the exponential function. Instances of 'exp (<x>)' in input are simplified to '%e^<x>'; 'exp' does not appear in simplified expressions. 'demoivre' if 'true' causes '%e^(a + b %i)' to simplify to '%e^(a (cos(b) + %i sin(b)))' if 'b' is free of '%i'. See 'demoivre'. '%emode', when 'true', causes '%e^(%pi %i x)' to be simplified. See '%emode'. '%enumer', when 'true' causes '%e' to be replaced by 2.718... whenever 'numer' is 'true'. See '%enumer'. (%i1) demoivre; (%o1) false (%i2) %e^(a + b*%i); %i b + a (%o2) %e (%i3) demoivre: not demoivre; (%o3) true (%i4) %e^(a + b*%i); a (%o4) %e (%i sin(b) + cos(b)) There are also some inexact matches for `exp'. Try `?? exp' to see them. (%o1) true (%i2) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Thanks Daniel gnu/packages/maths.scm | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) base-commit: 2efc787811a2c4586b763aeed319cb3777e7aa37