Hi Stuart,

Got it, on this system the docbook package installed by default
doesn't include the docbook xsl package.  Simple when you find it :-)

Pity configure can't detect such missing requirements, but then I'm
AC_phobic so maybe it can.

Cheers
Lex

On 3 August 2010 16:51, Stuart Rackham <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Lex
>
> I tried it on an Xubuntu 8.04 (also on a problem on 10.04):
>
> $ xsltproc  --nonet --stringparam callout.graphics 0 --stringparam
> navig.graphics 0 --stringparam admon.textlabel 1 --stringparam
> admon.graphics 0  /tmp/asciidoc-8.5.3/docbook-xsl/manpage.xsl
> /tmp/asciidoc-8.5.3/doc/asciidoc.1.xml
> Note: Writing asciidoc.1
>
> $ xsltproc --version
> Using libxml 20631, libxslt 10122 and libexslt 813
> xsltproc was compiled against libxml 20631, libxslt 10122 and libexslt 813
> libxslt 10122 was compiled against libxml 20631
> libexslt 813 was compiled against libxml 20631
>
>
> manpages/docbook.xsl is part of DocBook XSL Style sheets, it's installed
> here on my machine:
> /usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/docbook-xsl-1.75.2/manpages/docbook.xsl
>
> Maybe you distribution's XML catalog is not set up correctly which could be
> why it's trying the Net after unsuccessfully trying the catalog for a local
> copy (/etc/xml/catalog on my Xubuntu machine).
>
>
> Cheers, Stuart
>
>
> On 03/08/10 15:08, Lex Trotman wrote:
>>
>> On 3 August 2010 11:56, Stuart Rackham<[email protected]>  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 29/07/10 10:53, Lex Trotman wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Stuart,
>>>>
>>>> I tried to install asciidoc 8.5.3 from hg on a new Linux Mint 9.
>>>>
>>>> I got an error generating the manpages :  python a2x.py -f manpage
>>>> doc/asciidoc.1.txt
>>>>
>>>> a2x: ERROR: xsltproc  --nonet --stringparam callout.graphics 0
>>>> --stringparam navig.graphics 0 --stringparam admon.textlabel 1
>>>> --stringparam admon.graphics 0
>>>> /home/lex/projects/asciidoc/asciidoc-8.5.3/docbook-xsl/manpage.xsl
>>>> /home/lex/projects/asciidoc/asciidoc-8.5.3/doc/asciidoc.1.xml returned
>>>> non-zero exit status 5
>>>>
>>>> Exit status 5 is error in the stylesheet
>>>>
>>>> xsltproc version is
>>>>
>>>> xsltproc --version
>>>> Using libxml 20706, libxslt 10126 and libexslt 815
>>>> xsltproc was compiled against libxml 20706, libxslt 10126 and libexslt
>>>> 815
>>>> libxslt 10126 was compiled against libxml 20706
>>>> libexslt 815 was compiled against libxml 20706
>>>
>>> I don't have an answer, could it be the same problem in this post (i.e.
>>> an
>>> existing version on the system)? Probably not if it was a new system.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://groups.google.com/group/asciidoc/browse_thread/thread/e763d9cf7b6d3741/63df218a9ec293a3?lnk=gst&q=missing+configuration+file#63df218a9ec293a3
>>>
>>
>> No it still fails now I've got an installed version.
>>
>> I ran the xsltproc command as printed by the a2x error message (see
>> above) with -v and got the following errors.
>>
>> I/O error : Attempt to load network entity
>> http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/manpages/docbook.xsl
>> warning: failed to load external entity
>> "http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/manpages/docbook.xsl";
>> compilation error: file
>> /usr/local/etc/asciidoc/docbook-xsl/manpage.xsl line 13 element import
>> xsl:import : unable to load
>> http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/manpages/docbook.xsl
>>
>>
>> Looks like the manpage.xsl is trying to load from the net, but
>> xsltproc is being run with --nonet
>>
>> I can't see
>> http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/xsl/current/manpages/docbook.xsl
>> in the distribution files, is it missing?
>>
>> Otherwise I don't see how the xsltproc could ever run with --nonet
>>
>> Cheers
>> Lex
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have installed 8.5.3 from tarball ok instead, but I also noticed
>>>> that the big green download button on sourceforge points to 8.5.2 not
>>>> 8.5.3
>>>
>>> I've no idea why that is, 8.5.3 is up there.
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers, Stuart
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Lex
>>>>
>>>
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