GNU bug report logs - #71849
pdflatex.fmt error using pandoc/pdflatex

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From: Antero Mejr <mail <at> antr.me>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Cc: rekado <at> elephly.net, andreas <at> enge.fr
Subject: pdflatex.fmt error using pandoc/pdflatex
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2024 03:54:57 +0000

When using pandoc to export markdown to PDF, the following error occurs:

```
kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdflatex.fmt
mktexfmt: No such file or directory

kpathsea: Running mktexfmt pdflatex.fmt
mktexfmt: No such file or directory
Error producing PDF.
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.141592653-2.6-1.40.25 (TeX Live 2023/GNU Guix) (preloaded format=pdflatex)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
I can't find the format file `pdflatex.fmt'!
```

It appears that the texlive packages were refactored lately, so it is
difficult to tell what packages are needed. Currently the following
packages are installed:

texlive-base
texlive-bin
texlive-scripts
texlive-latex-base

Also I think the pandoc package should propagate the packages it needs
to build PDFs.

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