[ho-tex] Feedback for /pkg/oberdiek?lang=en

[Joseph Wright]

On 01/11/2017 11:57, Victor Eijkhout wrote:
> Would it be possible to include instructions in the oberdiek README about how to obtain cls and sty files?
> 
> For instance, this link seems to indicate that they are anomalous:
> 
> https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/29763/can-i-convert-a-dtx-file-to-tex-file
> 
> And even with those instructions I’m not getting there:
> 
> [oberdiek:99] latex ifpdf.dtx
> This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.18 (TeX Live 2017/MacPorts 2017_2) (preloaded format=latex)
>  restricted \write18 enabled.
> entering extended mode
> (./ifpdf.dtx
> LaTeX2e <2017-04-15>
> Babel <3.10> and hyphenation patterns for 55 language(s) loaded.
> 
> ! LaTeX Error: File `ltxdoc.cls' not found.
> 
> Type X to quit or <RETURN> to proceed,
> or enter new name. (Default extension: cls)
> 
> Enter file name: x
> 
> [oberdiek:100] tex ifpdf.dtx
> This is TeX, Version 3.14159265 (TeX Live 2017/MacPorts 2017_2) (preloaded format=tex)
> (./ifpdf.dtx
> ! I can't find file `docstrip'.
> l.16 \input docstrip
> 
> (Press Enter to retry, or Control-D to exit)
> 
> 
> Victor.

Hi Victor,

What TeX system setup do you have? DocStrip is part of the LaTeX base
distribution, so any reasonable system should have it available!

Joseph