#12233: Compilation does not stop on XeTeX error -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: markusr | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: Component: Build System | Version: 8.0.1 Keywords: | Operating System: Linux Architecture: | Type of failure: Building GHC Unknown/Multiple | failed Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: Differential Rev(s): | Wiki Page: -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Short: This bug is important for building in an automated manner, because an error in the documentations Tex code currently results in an interactive shell. I am compiling GHC 8.0.1 and the build system picked up XeTeX, which results in compilation of a PDF. There is a syntax error in the Tex code. Unfortunately, xelatex is called without the `-halt-on-error` option and compilation just sits there in the interactive xelatex promt. {{{ [...] generating indices... genindexcd docs/users_guide/build-pdf/users_guide ; xelatex users_guide.tex writing additional pages... searchThis is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.99992 (TeX Live 2015/Exherbo texlive-core-2 015-r2) (preloaded format=xelatex) restricted \write18 enabled. copying images... [100%] images/prof_scc.svg copying static files... done copying extra files... done dumping search index in English (code: en) ... done dumping object inventory... done build succeeded, 25 warnings. entering extended mode (./users_guide.tex LaTeX2e <2015/01/01> Babel <3.9l> and hyphenation patterns for 79 languages loaded. (./sphinxmanual.cls Document Class: sphinxmanual 2009/06/02 Document class (Sphinx manual) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/report.cls Document Class: report 2014/09/29 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/generic/iftex/iftex.sty) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/cmap/cmap.sty Package cmap Warning: pdftex not detected - exiting. ) (/usr/share/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/fontenc.sty [...] LaTeX Warning: Reference `glasgow_exts:ghc-flag--XIncoherentInstances' on page 285 undefined on input line 26759. ! Missing \endcsname inserted. <to be read again> \let l.26762 \begin{Verbatim}[commandchars=\\\{\}] ? }}} Please consider adding `-halt-on-error` in rules/sphinx.mk. Attached is a patch for master. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/12233 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler