[Doc-SIG] Problem with mkhowto

[Mark Sapiro]

Mark Sapiro wrote:
>
>I have downloaded the source for Python 2.4.0 and am trying to run the
>makehowto script. I can successfully run
>
>mkhowto -pdf sometexfile.tex
>
>but if I try to produce any other output format, either with or without
>-pdf in the same run, I always encounter the error
>
>
>pdfTeX error (ext1): \pdfinfo used while \pdfoutput is not set.
><argument> { \def \\{, } \pdfinfo
>                                  { /Author (\@author ) /Title (\@title
>) } }
>l.12 \maketitle
>
>No pages of output.
>
>
>I tried running 'make' in the distribution Python-2.4/Doc/ directory,
>and I get the same error there too. The offending \def appears to be
>in Python-2.4/Doc/texinputs/howto.cls.


Nevermind ...

I downloaded Python 2.4.3 and I see that
Python-2.4.3/Doc/texinputs/howto.cls has been fixed and I no longer
have a problem.

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