Message-ID: <CAL6gwnK5gPVk0N+6o4vOEF1Oqspii6GsFMYrJVbTph0HdgzLQQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: 2026-01-27T15:46:47Z
From: Avraham Adler
Subject: Error when building R (89301+) on Windows 11 - but not every platform
In-Reply-To: <28ddae6c-6aaa-44e5-b7da-e1c086f6f069@fau.de>
On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 4:27?PM Sebastian Meyer <seb.meyer at fau.de> wrote:
>
> Am 20.01.26 um 19:14 schrieb Avraham Adler:
> > The fullrefman.log file seems to end without an issue
>
> You should scan the complete log for error messages. That a PDF was
> produced does not imply there were no errors (pdflatex is run with
> -interaction=nonstopmode), but a non-zero exit code usually means there
> were.
>
> > Line 127 in /trunk/doc/manual/Makefile.win is
> > opt="$(R_RD4PDF)"; \
>
> This is probably unrelated. Maybe the reported line number does not
> match the "physical" lines in the Makefile because some recipe lines are
> split. I believe the error happens in the first pdflatex run. You could
> call make with --trace to see more (force printing the recipe lines
> during execution), but you should really check the LaTeX log. I guess
> there is a problem with one of your LaTeX installations.
>
> Sebastian Meyer
>
Thank you, Sebastian, you were correct. I am not sure precisely what
the error was, but uninstalling MikTeX and reinstalling it into an
IT-approved whitelisted folder seems to have solved the issue.
Thank you again,
Avi