[XeTeX] using xetex in make

[Roland Kuhn]

Hi Mike!

On 16 Aug 2007, at 04:35, Mike Maxwell wrote:

> I have a makefile that is supposed to automate a lot of the process of
> producing a .pdf file (out of a DocBook file, but that's a long story;
> suffice to say that by the time of the problem, the file exists in the
> appropriate format for xetex).  For some reason xetex works fine if I
> run it directly from the command line, but won't work if it's run  
> inside
> of make.
>
You seem to be using an unusual filename pattern (*.xetex instead of  
*.tex), so I'm completely sure, but I'd wager that it is a problem  
with the environment. You could try to run "env" both from the shell  
and from the makefile and compare the output. If any TeX-related  
information differs, you have the culprit. Shell-initialization is  
one of the most intricate problems in the Unix world ;-)

Ciao,
                     Roland

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