Re: [PATCH] precheck-tentative.sh: Make array.sty probing fail-fast and deterministic

[Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@gmail.com>]

Hi,

On Thu,  7 May 2026 17:50:11 +0800, Kunwu Chan wrote:
> On systems where kpsewhich cannot resolve array.sty, the script fed an
> empty path into the version-parsing pipeline and then compared an empty
> array_req_ver against latex_ver in the non-pdflatex-dev path. The
> result depended on environment and produced no actionable error.
> 
> This is reproducible by overriding kpsewhich to return nothing for
> array.sty while keeping other lookups intact.
> 
> Add a guard before parsing array.sty, set array_req_ver only when the
> file exists, fail fast with a clear diagnostic when it does not, and
> correct the warning text typo ("arary.sty" -> "array.sty").
> 
> Fixes: 4cad3dd1174a ("precheck-tentative.sh: Fail early with suggestions for Fedora 44")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@gmail.com>
> ---
>  utilities/precheck-tentative.sh | 19 ++++++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 

I didn't think of running "make" before installing texlive-tools bundle.
That said, this can be helpful in setting up brand new installations.
And thanks for the typo fix!

Acked-by: Akira Yokosawa

Regerds, Akira

> diff --git a/utilities/precheck-tentative.sh b/utilities/precheck-tentative.sh
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