a2x depends on fop.sh

[Gilbert Ramirez]

Using a2x, part of the asciidoc, requires fop.sh. But asciidoc does not depend on any package that provides fop.sh.

$ a2x -f pdf book.txt
a2x: failed: cannot find required program: fop.sh

[Matthew Snyder (mcs532)]

asciidoc apparently relies on Apache's FOP. There appears to be a Debian package for this, but I cannot find a corresponding one for Ubuntu. There are some fop source packages floating around Ubuntu's archives, but no binary packages.

[Ceelight (forum-ceelight)]

Maybe this one helps?
-> http://<email address hidden>/msg119343.html

(That also refers to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/asciidoc/+bug/68253)

[Ralph Janke (txwikinger)]

Needs testing again when fop does compile again in hardy

[Ralph Janke (txwikinger)]

There is no fop packages for hardy.

Either fop needs to be packaged and then it can be considered to include it into depends, or it should be taken out of recommends. However, it is true that fop is necessary to be able to use the full functionality of a2x.

[Shane R. Spencer (whardier)]

Asciidoc 8.2.7 is in Sid.. It has a version of a2x that uses dblatex by default. Go get it tiger! Can we get Asciidoc 8.2.7 into intrepid/hardy?