[tex-live] OT2 vs. T2A; compilation by apache user issues

[mario chiari]

Hi

some update.
I gave to user apache a shell, and then this is what i got:

bash-4.2$ /usr/local/texlive/2013/bin/i386-linux/latex MyFile.tex
............
LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `T2A/wncyr/m/n' undefined
(Font)              using `T2A/cmr/m/n' instead on input line 2.

kpathsea: Running mktextfm larm1728
mkdir: cannot create directory `././var/www/.texlive2013': Permission
denied
mktextfm: mktexdir /var/www/.texlive2013/texmf-var/fonts/tfm/lh/lh-t2a
failed.
kpathsea: Appending font creation commands to missfont.log.
! Font T2A/cmr/m/n/17.28=larm1728 at 17.28pt not loadable: Metric (TFM)
**************
(btw, why that warning does not show up in the log file?)

now, setting

chown apache:apache /var/www/

i get instead
******************
LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `T2A/wncyr/m/n' undefined
(Font)              using `T2A/cmr/m/n' instead on input line 2.
kpathsea: Running mktextfm larm1728
mktextfm: Running mf-nowin -progname=mf \mode:=ljfour; mag:=1;
nonstopmode; input larm1728
This is METAFONT, Version 2.718281 (TeX Live 2013)
kpathsea: Running mktexmf larm1728
mktexmf: /var/www/.texlive2013/texmf-var/fonts/source/lh/lh-t2a/larm1728.mf: successfully generated.
--snip--
*******************
then i run

bash-4.2$ /usr/local/texlive/2013/bin/i386-linux/biber  MyFile.bcf
bash-4.2$ /usr/local/texlive/2013/bin/i386-linux/pdflatex  MyFile.tex

and output is very fine.

Similarly, if a run
bash-4.2$ php direct.php    # direct.php as last mail (see below)

BUT if I call localhost/<my path>/direct.php from my client, it still
fails. 

I am missing something, but what?
thanks 
mario

ps clearly, it is not a texlive issue.

On Tue, 2014-02-25 at 18:35 +0100, mario chiari wrote:
> Dear Robin, All,
> 
> I hope you all are not running out of patience with me, but
> 
> My .tex code is compiled fine now when I run latex+biber+pdflatex from
> my shell (or from within Kile). Compilation  fails  (still as below)
> when it is performed by my local Apache server. 
> 
> I understand that files are created under /root/.texlive/... and that
> maybe Apache can not access them. To copy/paste them under the main
> texlive directory did not fix anything. 
> 
> Is anybody knowledgeable on how to fix it? I would like to fix this,
> before to upgrade myself to Unicode and Xe[La]TeX.
> 
> My sample php script is below.
> Thanks
> Cheers
> mario
> 
> *****************
> <?php
> 
> echo '<hr>';
> $nomeFile = 'MyFile';
> 
> $texFile = $nomeFile.".tex";
> $bibFile = $nomeFile.'.bcf';
> $pdfFile = $nomeFile.".pdf";
> 
> $test2 = `/usr/local/texlive/2013/bin/i386-linux/latex  --interaction
> batchmode $texFile`;
> $test21 = `/usr/local/texlive/2013/bin/i386-linux/biber    $bibFile`;
> $test22 = `/usr/local/texlive/2013/bin/i386-linux/pdflatex
> --interaction batchmode $texFile`;
> 
> echo "<pre>$test2</pre>";
> echo "<pre>$test21</pre>";
> echo "<pre>$test22</pre>";
>  
> echo "<br><a href=\"$texFile\">$texFile</a>";
> echo "<br><a href=\"$pdfFile\">$pdfFile</a>";
> ?>
> ****************
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2014-02-24 at 09:46 +0000, Robin Fairbairns wrote:
> > apache is a red herring, here.
> > 
> > the problem is trying to use lm fonts for encoding t2<anything>
> > 
> > the lm fonts only support latin alphabets.
> > 
> > > LaTeX Font Info:    Try loading font information for T2A+lmr on input
> > > line 2.
> > > LaTeX Font Info:    No file T2Almr.fd. on input line 2.
> > > LaTeX Font Warning: Font shape `T2A/lmr/bx/n' undefined
> > > (Font)              using `T2A/cmr/m/n' instead on input line 2.
> > 
> > as you see, there's no information for using cyrillic (t2a in this case)
> > with latex.
> > 
> > it's a bore.  i don't actually know of a type 1 font family that does
> > the lot.  opentype fonts tend to do both latin and cyrillic from the
> > same font file, but they require a different version of latex (xelatex
> > for stability, or lualatex).
> > 
> > i've heard of using latex on the web, but not xelatex.
> > 
> > note that this is _not_ a tex live sort of question -- witness the fact
> > that you've been asking so long and still don't have an answer.
> > 
> > i shan't recommend anywhere else to ask, since last time i did, i was
> > told (rather forcefully) that my suggestion was unsatisfactory.  (it's a
> > mug's game, answering questions on mailing lists...)
> > 
> > robin fairbairns.
> 
> 
>