Fix an aux_dir bug and support newer versions of latexmk #1079
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This is supported since latexmk v4.82, dated 24 December 2023, but output got changed in v4.84 to print the dirs in a new line, breaking the current parser.
'latexmk' writes the .log file to the user-specified '$aux_dir' path,
instead of the PDF output path.
From the MAN page:
-auxdir=FOO or -aux-directory=FOO
Sets the directory for auxiliary output files of *latex (.aux, .log
etc). These are all the generated files, with the exception of final
output files (.dvi, .ps, .pdf, .synctex.gz, .synctex). See the
-outdir/-output-directory option for directories for the main output
files, and the -out2dir option for the final output files.
Supported since latexmk v4.85. From the man page: -out2dir=FOO (Experimental new feature.) Sets the directory for the final output files of a whole round of compilations.
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Note: this change silently breaks support for older |
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Thanks for the PR! LGTM.
Yes, definitely. We should bump the major version for the next release as this is a breaking change. |
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First, 80d4334 is an independent fix for the fact
latexmkoutputs the log file to the$aux_dir, instead of the$out_dir. This would causetexlabto not report build errors in some projects, so it's probably related to #836 (this is how I came to it).Next, since1
latexmkv4.84 the current parsing mechanism oftexlabfor extracting the aux and out dirs stopped working, because the dirs are printed in a new line. I took the opportunity to use the new-dir-report-onlyoption oflatexmkand remove the code that was marked as a 'hack'. As v4.85 also uses a new out2dir option for a final output directory, I also included code to support it in the last commit 7bd2b11, but the man page describes it as "experimental" so I'm not sure if it's desired.Footnotes
https://www.cantab.net/users/johncollins/latexmk/versions.html ↩